Amendments
This document freed slaves in the rebellious states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who are the people who produce goods and services?
The Labor Force
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?
That slaves were considered property and not citizens.
Which group fought in every major battle of the Civil War?
The Irish Brigade
What did the United States do to ensure the recently emancipated slaves had rights?
The United States ratified new amendments to the U.S. constitution.
What is the money made after production costs?
Profit
Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
He did not want to punish the Southern states.
He fired his Secretary of War.
How did building railroads affect the environment?
It killed large herds of bison.
This group of people had about 20,000 individuals serve in the war in hopes of the government seeing them as friends and allies.
Native Americans
What did the 13th Amendment do?
It abolished slavery.
What is it called when someone is loyal to their own section or region of the country instead of to the country as a whole?
Sectionalism
Who invented the electric lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
What is a major effect the Civil War and Westward Expansion on Native Americans?
They were forced off of their land.
Which army had an all African American brigade?
The Union (North)
What did the 14th Amendment do?
It gave citizenship to African Americans.
What is it called when businesses suffer when one proprietor controls the supply of goods?
A Monopoly.
Who found multiple uses for peanuts?
George Washington Carver
What was one long term consequence of the sharecropping system?
Many freed African Americans became caught in a cycle of debt.
Which group of individuals made gun powder cartridges for soldiers?
Women
What did the 15th Amendment do?
It gave African American men the right to vote.
Which term means that individuals in a state get to choose whether or not to legalize slavery for their state?
Popular Sovereignty
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do for emancipated individuals?
It provided food, shelter, and clothing
It negotiated and enforced labor contracts
It established schools and hospitals
Which group repeatedly petitioned (asked) President Lincoln to allow them to fight in the Civil War?
African Americans