Civil war
What was the turning point of the war
Gettysburg
What was the Mayflower Compact
A form of self government
What is the women's right version of Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Sediments
What was the Monroe doctrine
It was a way of keeping England from colonizing the rest of america
What general for the Union became president
U.S. Grant
Who was the president of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Why did they change from Articles of Confederation to the constitution
They change because the government had no power
Who were abolitionist
People who wanted an end to slavery
What is the homestead act
It is when you move west the government gives you up to around 160 acres
What state left the Union first
South Carolina
Who lead the war at Gettysburg for the confederacy
Robert .E. Lee
Who wrote the Constitution
Thomas Jefferson
What is the 13 amendment
People who were once slaves are no longer Slaves
What is the Manifest Destiny
The Manifest Destiny is the belief that america should own east to west
What are some border states
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri and later West Virginia
Who was the president of the union
Abraham Lincoln
What is the House Of Burgess
the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature
What is the 14 amendment
African Americans become citizens
why did California become popular in the late 1800's
Because they found gold
What was the Iroquois Confederacy
It was 5 tribes Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca that came together
Who is know for the act in closing a gap in the first bull run for the Confederacy
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What was the Northwest Ordinance
Getting new states from territory to the union
Where was the Women's Rights convention
It was held in Seneca Falls, New York
How did Texas become a state
After the Mexican American War
What part of the colonies had longer farming seasons and a hot summer
The southern colonies