Pre Civil War
Thomas Jefferson bought this territory for $15 million in 1803. It nearly doubled the size of the US and forever changed the history of our coutry.
What is the Louisiana Territory
Name three abolitionists
Who is John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman (other answers may be accepted)
This president was elected in 1860. Although he was against slavery's expansion, he did not believe in racial equality.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This region manufactured 90% of the country's goods
This period in American history followed the Civil War and lasted until approximately 1877
What is Reconstruction
This Act passed in 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to grand lands west of the Mississippi. It began the forced relocation of thousands of Native people in what became known as the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act
This invention improved cotton production. It was made by Eli Whitney in 1793. After the invention, cotton became a huge cash crop, resulting in an increased demand for slave labor.
What is the cotton gin
This incredible woman's name was "Moses." She acted as a scout, spy, cook, and nurse for the Union Army.
Who is Harriet Tubman
The citizens of this region were very supportive of its army, even donating their own clothing to the army
What is the South
These three Amendments were known as the "Reconstruction Amendments"
What are the Reconstruction Amendments
This was a network of people who offered shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South
What is the Underground Railroad
This man participated in Bleeding Kansas and led the Raid on Harpers Ferry. The raid failed, and he was captured and exectued for treason. His last words were "I [NAME] am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with blood"
Who is John Brown
Who is Grant
This battle resulted in the last time the Confederate Army invaded the North
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
This organization was created by Congress to help freed men and women transition from slavery into free society
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
This canal provided a direct water route from NYC to the Midwest. It increased trade and agricultural production in the west. Most of the people who constructed it were Irish immigrants.
What is the Erie Canal
In this Supreme Court case, an enslaved man sued for his freedom, arguing that because he had lived in a free state, he was entitled to freedom. The Court ruled that he was not free, an enslaved person was property and therefore had no rights.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford
This man helped Grant capture Vicksburg and was named commander of Union armies in the west
After this battle, Lincoln realized that the Civil War would not be a short war
What was the First Battle of Bull Run
These laws existed in Southern states and cities after the Civil War. The laws laid out what freed blacks were and were not allowed to do. In one Louisiana town, no freed black person could rent or keep a house in the town.
What were the Black Codes
Under this "________ System," an economic plan created by Henry Clay, federal and local governments invested in roads, canals, and railroads
What is the American System
This Compromise promised three main things: Missouri would become a slave state, Maine would become a free state, and slavery would not be permitted north of latitude 36°30'
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820
She was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" and would help wounded soldiers of both the North and South
Who is Clara Barton
This Courthouse is where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant negotiated Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865
What is Appomattox Court House
Which Amendment states the following: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
What is the 13th Amendment