Pre Civil War
Civil War
Reconstruction
Going West
100
The idea that that the whole United States belongs to Americans to settle
Manifest Destiny
100
How long did the Civil War last?
4 years.
100
All male citizens regardless of color can vote.
The 15th Amendment
100
A town that quickly grows near a mine.
Boomtown
200
Which side of the US was against slavery.
The North
200
The North had more resources than the South like (name 2)
Railroads, factories, weapons, money, people.
200
Anyone born in the United States is a citizen.
The 14th Amendment
200
A boomtown that becomes empty.
Ghostown
300
The Missouri Compromise
300
Freed slaves ONLY from the Southern states that were fighting in the Civil War.
Emancipation Proclamation
300
Ended slavery in the entire United States
13th Amendment
300
This was invented to keep cattle from going to other people's property
Barbed Wire
400
Why did the South decide to leave the United States
They were scared that slavery would end due to more free states and the new president.
400
Who was the Southern commander at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
George A. Custer
400
The name of the person who assassinated President Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
400
This allowed people to from the East coast to go to the West coast in only 10 days.
The Transcontinental Railroad
500
What did the South call themselves when they separated from the US?
The Confederate States of America.
500
This city in the South lost and gave access to the Mississippi River to the North
Vicksburg
500
True of False: Black lives were perfect after the Civil War.
False
500
The government giving 160 acres of free land to people if they moved to the Great Plains
The Homestead Act