revolution
how many states made up the union at the end of the revolution?
13 states
What was the problem that drove the north and south apart?
slavery
what was the first battle of the civil war?
Fort sumter
Who was the first president?
George Washington
When was the constitution signed
September 17, 1787
what act put a tax on printed paper?
stamp act
What was the first state to sececed from the union?
South Carolina
What was the out come of the Civil war?
Slavery was banned with the 13th amendment
Who assassinated abraham lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
When was the articles of confederation signed?
November 15, 1777
Who did the United States gain independence from?
Great Britian
the south relied on Slave labor for its economy
Who was the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the Confederacy
What was the Confederacy?
The confederacy was made up of the states that seceded from the union that was supported slavery
What three countries helped the United States win the revolution?
Spain, the Netherlands and France
The United states bought a large chunk of land from france in what purchase?
louisiana purchase
When did the confederacy surrender?
April 9, 1865
Who wrote uncle tom's cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
california was the __ state to join the union
california was the 31st state to join the union
When did the revolutionary war end?
September 3, 1783
What states seceded from the union?
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina all seceded from the union
what is total war?
Total war is destroy everything so if the land is recaptured it cannot be used
Nurse during the civil war who later founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
What is the 14th amendment