Prelude to Civil War
This vocabulary term is when Southern states left the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
Secession
This president led the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This Amendment brought an end to slavery
13th
To keep African American men from voting, this was created allowing African American men to vote only if their ancestor had voted.
Grandfather Clause
These are the two groups of colonists during the American Revolution who sided with the king and fought for independence
Loyalists and Patriots
This novel showed the brutal reality of slavery in the Unites States
Uncle Toms Cabin
This document declared that enslaved people in Confederate states were free
Emancipation Proclamation
This Amendment made newly freed citizens
14th Amendment
To prevent African American men from voting in the south, southern states required them to read difficult texts to prove they could read, also known as this.
Literacy Tests
These two men Used river systems to help them on their journey through the Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
This is the first state to secede after Lincoln became President
South Carolina
These two nations fought against each other in the Civil War
United States of America and the Confederate States of America
The 15th Amendment extended voting rights to these people
all men
These were created to limit the rights of African Americans
Black codes
This Document is made up of the first ten Amendments of the Constitution
This law required scaped slaves to be returned to the South
This Union general accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House.
Ulysses S. Grant
This man served 2 terms as President during Reconstruction
Ulysses S Grant
Although slavery was outlawed, it was replaced with African Americans renting land and paying rent by giving a portion of what they grow to the plantation owner. Also known as this
sharecropping
The founders of the created this because they did not trust the judgment of the common people in electing a president
Electoral College
This compromise admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.
Compromise of 1850
This Confederate attack in April 1861 officially began the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
This was created post Civil War to help African Americans get educated, acquire jobs, and find housing.
Freedmen’s Bureau
This court case created the idea of "separate but equal", allowing for segregation across the country
Plessy v Ferguson
Name one of the three countries Mr. Bonilla is visiting this summer