Acts/ Amendments
What did the13th Amendment do?
Freed all slaves and abolished slavery
What plants were exchanged during the Columbian Exchange
maize, potatoes, pineapples
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who gave the Puritans the right to settle here?
King Charles
What was the reason for the Civil War?
To keep the Union together
When were the Reconstruction Amendments passed?
1865, 1868, 1868
What allowed for the conquistadors to have wealth?
The Encomienda System
Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Massachusetts Bay Colony intended for?
to set up a society that would accord to Gods wishes
What led to the Civil War?
Sectionalism
What did the 14th Amendment do?
granted full right of a citizen whose born in the U.S
Who proposed the "guns, germs, and steel" theory?
Jared Diamond
Who did the Louisiana Purchase?
Where was the First Continental Congress?
Philadelphia
What shifted the purpose of the war to the morality of the slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation
What did the 15th Amendment do?
banned states from denying African Americans the right to vote
What was the Columbian Exchange between?
America, West Africa, and the Old World
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What did Anne Hutchinson believe was wrong?
ministers granting others salvation from their sins
What were passed at the end of the Civil War?
The Reconstruction Amendments
What was the fugitive Slave Act?
a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slave holders.
What technology came out of the Columbian Exchange?
riffles, cannons, and more advanced knives
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
What was Anne Hutchinson found guilty of?
antinomian heresy
Who led the most aggressive play in the war, which led to the Confederates surrender
General Sherman