Reconstruction (1865-1877)
System where freedmen and poor whites worked land
What is sharecropping
Lincoln's speech emphasizing national unity and equality.
What is the Gettysburg Address
Led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
Who is Nat Turner ?
The belief that the U.S. was destined by God to expand across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny ?
Abraham Lincoln’s victory led Southern states to secede, triggering the Civil War.
What is the Election of 1860 ?
These legislation pieces abolished slavery, granted citizenship for all, and prohibits the denial of voting right for race
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
The union campaign of total war through Georgia to break the South's will to fight.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea
Created Kansas and Nebraska territories; led to "Bleeding Kansas" due to violent conflicts over slavery.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act ?
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state; established the 36°30' line as a boundary for slavery in the Louisiana Territory.
What is the Missouri Compromise ?
Southern states' withdrawal from the Union, beginning with South Carolina in 1860.
What is Secession ?
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction (exploiting the region) vs Southern Whites who supported Reconstruction/ Rep party
What is Carpetbaggers vs Scalawags
Turning point battle; Union victory vs Union gained control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Gettysburg vs Battle of Vicksburg
Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Kansas.
What is Bleeding Kansas ?
Incorporation of Texas into the U.S., leading to the Mexican-American War.
What is the Texas Annexation ?
Provided free land in the West to settlers willing to develop it; promoted western migration during the war.
What is the Homestead Act ?
Who is Andrew Johnson
First battle of the Civil War in South Carolina.
What is Fort Sumter
Series of laws aimed at resolving sectional tensions; included the Fugitive Slave Act and California's admission as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850 ?
Mass migration to California following the discovery of gold.
What is the California Gold Rush ?
Government formed by the seceded Southern states; led by Jefferson Davis.
What is Confederate States of America ?
1. Declared all persons born in the U.S. to be citizens and provided a legal shield against Black Codes. 2. Agency providing assistance to freed slaves and poor whites in the South.
1. Civil Rights Act of 1866 2. Freedmen's Bureau (1865)
Executive order by President Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate-held territory.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation ?
Former slave and prominent abolitionist speaker and writer.
Who is Frederick Douglass ?
Laws that allowed settlers to purchase land cheaply to encourage westward expansion.
What is Preemption Acts ?
Emphasized preserving the Union and not interfering with slavery where it already existed.
What is Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address ?