This was the path traveled on by pioneers to the west from Missouri to Oregon. Many died of Dysentery on the way or had broken axle wheels or were bitten by snakes or drowned when fording the rivers.
Oregon Trail
100
The 36/30 line that divided the nation into slave and free states. Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Created the underground railroad.
Missouri Compromise
100
He was the general of the Confederate army during the civil war
Robert E Lee
100
This person killed Abraham Lincoln when he shot him the back of the head at Ford's Theater
John Wilkes Booth
100
This person is the 3rd president of the United States and bought the Louisiana Purchase that doubled the size of the US.
Thomas Jefferson
200
This deal doubled the size of the United States and opened up the western lands for settlement by white americans.
Louisiana Purchase
200
The law that forced every American in free and slave states to return runaway slaves. enraged abolitionists
Fugitive Slave Act
200
This place was fired upon by Confederate soldiers and was the first shots fired in the Civil War. It is located in Charleston, SC
Fort Sumter
200
Laws passed by southern states that restricted the rights and freedoms of African Americans and were enforced by the Ku Klux Klan
Black Codes
200
These people traveled and explored the Louisiana territory
Lewis & Clark
300
The relocation of native americans from their homelands to Oklahoma where many people died on the way
Trail of Tears
300
The geographic, cultural, economic and social differences between the Northern states and the Southern states. divided the nation into regions
Sectionalism
300
The Union plan to surround the Confederate states and cut it off from supplies. The victory at the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi by Grant accomplished this goal
Anaconda Plan
300
This amendment outlawed slavery in the United States
13th
300
This person was the 16th president of the United States and is famous for his Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg address
Abraham Lincoln
400
The war fought for the southwest territory by the United States and Mexico. Won by the US and acquired the new states of Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California, Nevada and Colorado.
Mexican-American War
400
The movement to end slavery n the 1850s is known as what?
Abolition Movement
400
The largest and deadliest battle of the civil war. won by the Union and the turning point of the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
400
This amendment made anyone born in the US a citizen
14th amendment
400
This person was the 7th president of the United States and is responsible for relocating native americans from their homeland to Oklahoma. He was an American war hero in the the War of 1812 when he won the battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
500
The war caused by the impressment of American sailors by British ships. The star spangled banner was written during this war. James Monroe was the president. Americans were able to defend against the British and remain a international power.
War of 1812
500
This controversial anti-slavery book that exposed the harsh reality of slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe is called what
Uncle Tom's Cabin
500
the document written by Abraham Lincoln that freed all the slaves in the rebellious states.
Emancipation Proclamation
500
This amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of skin color
15th
500
This person was a former slave who escaped and became famous for writing about their experience. They also became a strong abolitionist and helped Abraham Lincoln during the war