Lead up to the Civil War
Belief that it was America's destiny to control all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
The President of the Union during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
Name of the period of time from around 1850-1915 where the world was changing rapidly and quickly through industrialization?
Industrial Revolution
This is a type of journalism that over exaggerates or sensationalizes events to push a motive
Yellow Journalism
True or False: Texas joined the United States immediately after the Texas War for Independence against Mexico
False
Ulysses S Grant
System created by the south to replace slavery. Landowners would allow former slaves to live on their land in exchange for a share of the total crop.
Sharecropping
When employees refuse to work, usually in attempt to negotiate a change in working conditions
Strike
A new style of fighting in WW1 in which opposing sides attack and defend from a network of trenches dug into the ground
Trench Warfare
What is the name of the political party that started before the Civil War and who supported abolition? Abraham Lincoln was their first canidate.
Republican Party
The lead general of the Confederacy that won many battles against the Union
Robert E Lee
This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the United States regardless of race
14th Amendment
Immigration station located in New York where most European immigrants came to America
Ellis Island
Name of the treaty that ended World War 1 by punishing Germany and created the League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Period of violence where pro and anti slavery settlers from other states moved to Kansas and Nebraska and began to attack and intimidate each other?
Bleeding Kansas
Plan created by General Sherman where union solders damaged southern property and freed slaves in order to turn the southern people against the wat
Sherman's March to the Sea
A social program to help former slaves receive food, clothing, medical care, legal protection and education
Freedmen's Bureau
This was the key to the introduction of big business in America as now companies could ship products across the country
Transcontinental Railroad
Name three countries on the ALLIES side of WW1?
tbd
Tell me TWO of the THREE things that the Missouri Compromise decided
Missouri would become a slave state.
The Creation of the 36 30 line
Maine would become a free state
This document was signed by Abraham Lincoln and it freed all slaves in the US and made the war officially about the abolition of slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
System to replace slavery where the south would make "criminals" do work and Manuel labor at almost no cost
Convict Leasing System
TBD
What were the four MAIN reasons for WW1?
Militaries, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism