Wars/Battles
War that pinned the North and South against each other over the issues of secession & slavery
Civil War
16th President of U.S. who served during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Radical abolitionist who took part in "Bleeding Kansas" and led the attack on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Executive Order by Lincoln that freed all slaves in regions behind Confederate lines
Emancipation Proclamation
Belief that it was the U.S. right to expand westward
Manifest Destiny
Turning point for the Union during the Civil War, occurred in Pennsylvania
President responsible for the removal of the American Indians
Andrew Jackson
Former enslaved person who was a conductor on the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
Amendment that abolished slavery in 1865
13th Amendment
Agreement to have 3/5 of a state's enslaved population count for representation and taxation
3/5 compromise
War that pinned that British colonies against the French who had expanded into the Ohio River Valley
French & Indian War (Seven Years War)
3rd President of the U.S., principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Leader of the Confederate Army
General Robert E. Lee
Amendment that makes all people born in the U.S. citizens, including former slaves. Also offers equal protection
14th Amendment
3 part strategy that the Union proposed to defeat the confederacy
Anaconda Plan
Final major military action of the Civil War that split the Confederacy in two, Mississippi
Vicksburg
General of Union Army who became president during the end of the Reconstruction Era
Ulysses S. Grant
Former enslaved person who was a social reformer and acted as an abolitionist via public speaking
Frederick Douglass
Amendment that prohibits the denial of voting based on race or color
15th Amendment
Political system in which power is divided between the national government and states
federalism
Name 3 battles of the Civil War
Shiloh, Bull Run, Sumter, Vicksburg, Appomattox, Antietam, Gettysburg
6th president of U.S. known for negotiating the acquisition of Florida
John Quincy Adams
Secretary of Treasury under George Washington, opposed many of Jefferson's ideas
Alexander Hamilton
Laws that reduced the political power of immigrants to the U.S. (jail, fine, deport)
Alien and Sedition Acts
Your Natural Rights are...? And were found where...?
Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness--> declaration of Independence