Sect. Crisis
First state to secede
Who won the civil war
who was law enforcement for boomtown
vigilance committees
What crop turned the South into an economic power
Cotton
who inhabited the U.S. before us
the Native Americans
Final tipping point leading to war
The Election of republican candidate Abraham Lincoln
How long did the civil war last
4 Years
how many newcomers came in a week to strike
1,000
Invention that made Cotton farming much more profitable
The Cotton Gin
what animal was mostly hunted by native Americans
buffalo
Two famous generals
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant
what did the thirteenth amendment
it abolished slavery
what kind of mining used water
hydraulic mining
What percent of the cotton did the South produce for the world.
Upwards of 77%
Nomads
Amount of deaths from the Civil War
620,000
How much did the civil war end up costing
Roughly $5.2 Billion in todays terms
what did ranchers raise
longhorn bulls
How many slaves were in America by 1860
Almost 4,000,000
Amount of Dakota people who died from the Military
300
Turning point battle for the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
what year did the war end
April 9, 1865
what ranches covered thousands of acres
haciendas
The amount of cotton a slave could prepare a day
50 Pounds
who stole the land from the native Americans
we did