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Hero of the Battle of New Orleans who later signed the Indian Removal Act into law during his presidency
Andrew Jackson
Required slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they had escaped to a free state
Fugitive Slave Act
Confederate general who surrendered
Robert E. Lee
Lincoln's declaration that slaves living in states & territories not under Union control would be free
Emancipation Proclamation
the forced migration of Native American tribes as a result of the Indian Removal Act
Born into slavery and led hundreds of slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens, but property
Dred Scott v. Sanford
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Place of Confederate surrender
Appomattox Courthouse
Gold-seekers who came to California during the Gold Rush
forty-niners
Raided the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA to arm slaves & start a rebellion against slavery
John Brown
This says that everyone born in the US is a citizen; that states must treat & protect everyone equally
14 Amendment
General who led Union army to victory in key battles like Vicksburg and Appomattox
Ulysses S. Grant
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War for the Union
Battle of Gettysburg
most famous route during the era of westward expansion with nearly 400,000 pioneers
Oregon Trail
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This says that the government can't deny men the right to vote based on their race
15th Amendment
American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Speech given by Lincoln after a Union victory to honor soldiers who had died & to reflect on the purpose of the war
Gettysburg Address
admitted California as a free state and allowed the new territories to practice slavery
Compromise of 1850
proposed the idea of letting the people decide about slavery through popular sovereignty
Stephen A. Douglas
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here on April 12, 1861
Ft. Sumter, SC
Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Location of Lincoln's assassination
Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
The annexation of Texas, efforts to purchase Mexican territory, and disputes over the Texas-Mexico border led to this
Mexican-American War