Westward, Ho!
The event where 15,000 Cherokee were removed from their homes and forced to travel over 1,000 miles
Trail of Tears
This secret network of abolitionists helped slaves escape to the North & Canada
Underground Railroad
The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
The amendment that effectively ended slavery
13th Amendment
The Commanding General of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
The ability of a state to cancel a federal law it deems unconstitutional
Nullification
These organizations were formed to improve working conditions & protect worker rights
Children
The name given to the Union's war strategy
Anaconda Plan
The way the South was governed during Radical Reconstruction
Military districts
Lincoln's Vice President, who became President after his death
Andrew Johnson
The transportation route that connected the East & West United States, allowing for cheaper and faster travel
Transcontinental Railroad
These "new" immigrants typically came from these regions of Europe
South and east
The President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The exception to poll taxes & literacy tests that was designed to protect white voters
Grandfather Clause
The President who ended Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
The occupation of the first people to travel the Oregon Trail
Missionaries
Horace Mann helped modernize & improve this system in the state of Massachusetts, inspiring other states to do the same
Public education/Schools
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War, which marked a turning point in the war
Gettysburg
White Southerners who supported Reconstruction
Scalawags
This party was formed to keep slavery out of the Western territories
Free-Soil Party
The FULL NAME of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
It was hoped that the Kansas & Nebraska territories would resolve the question of slavery using this method
Popular Sovereignty
The all-black regiment that led an attack on Fort Wagner, whose valor & courage helped earn respect for African American troops
54th Massachusetts Regiment
The Reconstruction Bill proposed by Congress after Lincoln proposes his initial Reconstruction plan
Wade-Davis Bill
The man who won the 1824 Presidential election, despite not winning the popular vote or getting enough electoral votes
John Quincy Adams