Dividing the Nation
Established Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and the 36, 30 latitude line as the boundary for slavery
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
This included the 10% Plan, ratifying the 13th Amendment, and pardoning most Southerners.
What is Lincoln's Plan?
The winner of the Election of 1868
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The grew overnight because of new economic prosperity in the region like gold and silver
What are boomtowns?
What is the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
This conflict included the Alamo and led to the Mexican-American War
What is Texas' War for Independence?
Abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
A major economic depression caused by bad railroad investments made by banks
Area of fertile land located between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River; known for its, "amber waves of grain"
What is the Wheat Belt?
A series of attacks along the Bozeman Trail led by Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull
What is Red Cloud's War?
Established California as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, and abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This included ratifying the 13th Amendment, punishing property owners of $20,000 or more, and abolishing the Freedmen's Bureau
What is Johnson's Plan?
Response by ex-Confederate soldiers to the new rights of freedmen in the South; used violence and intimidation to deter freedmen from voting
What is the KKK?
This animal was central to Native American life and culture
What is the buffalo?
An uprising in Minnesota led by Little Crow because the United States government failed to uphold their agreements
What is the Dakota-Sioux Uprising?
This ended the Missouri Compromise and established popular sovereignty as the new way to determine the status of slavery in new territories of the United States.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Established citizenship for freedmen
What is the 14th Amendment?
Southern states' response that limited the rights of African Americans
What are Black Codes?
For a $10 fee, you could own almost 160 acres of land under this law
What is the Homestead Act/Homestead Act of 1862?
A conflict that left over 200 Lakota men, women, and children dead after trying to surrender to the U.S. army
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This event was the final straw that caused Southern states to secede from the Union
What is the Election of 1860?
Voting rights cannot be denied based on race, skin color, or previous status of servitude
What is the 15th Amendment?
Agreement made to end Reconstruction in the South and settle the disputed Election of 1876
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Routes cowboys took to bring longhorns to railroad stations
What is the Long Drive?
A series of conflicts because Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce led the U.S. army on a wild goose chase instead of moving to a reservation in Idaho
What is the Flight of the Nez Perce?