Vocabulary
Big farms that slaves work on.
What are plantations
An escaped slave who was one of the most famous Underground Railroad conductor.
Who is Harriet Tubman.
A famous event that occurred in 1849.
What is the gold rush.
The battle that started the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter.
These early settlers including farmers, miners, ranchers, and immigrants, such as Germans, Irish, and Jewish people from Eastern Europe.
What are pioneers
A barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in and out of an area.
What is a blockade.
The general of the Union.
Who is General Grant.
A railroad that stretched across the country.
What is the transcontinental railroad.
The separation of people by the color of their skin.
What is segregation.
The rebuilding and healing of the country.
What is reconstruction.
Someone who wants to abolish, or get rid of, slavery.
What are abolitionists.
The general of the Confederacy.
Who is General Lee.
To encourage settlers to move west to the Great
Plains and the areas beyond, President Abraham Lincoln signed this act..
What is the Homestead Act.
General Sherman made this type of aggressive fight technique.
What is total war
Right after the Civil War, some southern states passed laws that kept African American men from owning a gun, voting, and having certain types of jobs. This was called..
What are the black codes.
A system in which someone who owns land lets someone else rent the land to farm it.
What is share cropping.
The chief of the Sioux.
Who is Chief Sitting Bull.
A method by farmers to conserve moisture in the soil during dry weather.
What is dry farming.
This battle was the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg.
Cowboys no longer guided herds of cattle along dusty trails, now railroads do the job for them. This is called..
What are cattle drives.
The separating from the Union.
What is secession.
Who was the Colonel of the Americans that fought the Sioux in the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Who is Colonel George Custer.
This idea made people want to expand closer west near the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny.
A celebration of African Americans in Texas because they were free from slavery.
What is Juneteenth.
Directing water from a source to a place it needs.
What is irrigation.