Western Migration
This is the name given to the movement of people westward in search of gold
What is the Gold Rush
This is the name given to the group of politicians who wanted more extreme measures taken against the South after the Civil War
Who are the Radical Republicans
This was the name given to the trade of West African slaves to the Americas for manufactured goods from Europe
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade/Triangle Slave Trade
This is how many presidents there have been
What is 47
This was the name given to cities and towns that exploded in size thanks to migrants in search of wealth out west
What are boom towns
This group is who was placed in charge of the South during Reconstruction to enforce the rules and laws being passed.
Who/What is the military
This is the name of the secret pathway escaped enslaved people would take in their attempts to flee slavery, often to Canada or Mexico
What is the Underground Railroad
Christopher Columbus sailed to North America in this year.
What is 1492
This is the cash crop most people moved out west to farm, often paid to do so by the US government
What is wheat
This is the name of the domestic terror organization who used fear and violence to try and intimidate the newly freed black Americans
Who/What is the KKK
This is the name of the religious group who was morally opposed to slavery in the Northeast
Who/What are the Quakers
This is the name given to the first 10 Amendments in the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
This was about how many people moved West during America's gold rush, which only lasted from 1848-1855
What is 300,000
This is the name of the "new" type of farming that involved black americans working for virtually no money and paying off white landlords for plots of land to grow food
What is Sharecropping
This is the name of the famous Northern General who helped end the Civil War by marching his troops across Georgia, destroying everything in his path.
Who is General Sherman
This was the name of America's first successful moon landing, taking place in 1969
What is Apollo/Apollo 11
This is one example of a town we talked about that grew permanently during western migration
What is Denver/San Francisco/Helena
These are the numbers of the three Reconstruction Amendments, which changed the US constitution in order to grant equal rights to black Americans.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
This was the name of the man Abraham Lincoln debated against while running for senator of Illinois where Lincoln's views on slavery started to take shape.
Who is Douglas/Stephen Douglas
This is the name of the first mass produced car in history. First manufactured 1908, this car would account for nearly 90% of all cars on earth at one point.
What is the Ford Model T