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This 1845 belief held that Americans were destined to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny.
This amendment abolished slavery.
13th Amendment.
This group claimed to restore order, but used violence to supress Black voters.
Ku Klux Klan.
This war was fought between 1861 and 1865 over issues including slavery and States rights.
The Civil War.
This 1850 law required citizens to help return escaped enslaved people.
The Fugitive Slave Act.
This 1863 proclamation freed enslaved people in the Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
This system of farming emerged in the South after the Civil War, often trapping farmers in debt.
Sharecropping.
This president led the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln.
This 1862 law gave settlers 160 acres of land for free if they improved it.
Homestead Act.
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
14th Amendment.
This Law was meant to reduce conflict, but instead directly led to violence in Kansas.
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
This Battle in 1863 is considered the turning point of the war.
Battle of Gettysburg.
These laws were passed in the South to restrict the rights of freedmen.
Black Codes.
This 1857 supreme court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens.
Dred Scott V. Sandford.
This term refers to rebuilding the South but also involved redefining citizenship and rights nationwide.
Reconstruction.
This group of people increased in number after 1863 and fought for the Union Army.
African American Solders.
Frederick Douglass.
This Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment.
When did the Civil War start and end?
1861 - 1865
This Speech by Lincoln redefined the purpose of the war as fight for equality.
Gettysburg Address.
WHO IS THE BEST TEACHER
Andrew Evans