Comprimise of 1850
what was California admitted to the us as?
A free state
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolished slavery in the us
What are loyalists?
Someone who supports the british
Who was the Union President during the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the first president of the United States
George Washington
What does Popular Sovereignty mean?
Voting yes or no on a subject
What was a Literacy Test?
you must be able to read and write to be able to vote
What was the Boston tea party?
Sons of liberty throwing tea into the harbor
What was to bloodiest battle of the civil war
The battle of Gettysburg
who wrote the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
What required all citizens to return any escaped slave person?
What was the Freedom's Bureau?
Provided freed slaves with food, clothing, schools, and medicare
Who wrote "common sense"
Thomas Paine
1861-1865
Who was a General for the union in the Civil war and later became the 18th president
Ulysses S. Grant
Who authored the Compromise of 1850?
Henry clay
How did Abraham Lincoln die and who did it?
He was assassinated by John Wilkes booth
What was signed in 1776?
The declaration of independence
Who was the president of the confederates during the civil war?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the Confederate General in the civil war
Robert E. Lee
How many free and how many slave states existed in 1850?
16 free, 15 slave states
How did the 1876 election affect African Americans in the south?
Hayes withdrew the troops from the south. Democrats returned the south to Whiteman's rule
When was " The shot heard round the world"
The first battle in the revolution, Lexington and concord
What was the emancipation proclamation?
Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
Who was a founding father without a father, is on the $10 bill, and had a feud with Thomas Jefferson.
Alexander Hamilton