Ch.9
This invention still used today let Americans for the first time in the 1850s communicate over long distances almost instantly
Telephone
People moved to California in 1849 for this resource
Gold
He was elected president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
The period after the Civil War is known as this
Reconstruction
This was a disadvantage to the new train system being built in the United States
Expensive to build
In 1838 Sam Houston invited the United States to _______, or incorporate the Texas republic into the United States
Annex
This network helped fugitive slaves reach freedom in the North
Underground Railroad
This was the first state to succeed from the Union
South Carolina
This individual was found guilty of assassinating President Abe Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
This politician lost to Abe Lincoln for the Illinois' senate seat
Stephen Douglas
This Treaty ended the Mexican-American War and gave America more land in the Southwest
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Know-Nothing Party's big idea was this.
Nativism
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Congress passed this form of tax to help pay for the Civil War
Income Tax
After the banning of slavery, most African Americans were working on plantations and farms still under this new system.
Sharecropping
This concept was the "God-Given right" for Americans to migrate West
Manifest Destiny
Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for popular sovereignty in two territories and the area was nicknamed ____________, due to the large amount of violence
Bleeding Kansas
These Amendments are known as the Civil War amendments. Hint: There are three total
13, 14, and 15
This was a new piece of naval technology that was developed during the Civil War
Ironclad Ships
After the Civil War, Southerners, had achieved their goal of ______, which allowed state governments to run themselves without interference from the federal government
Self-Determination
Fifty-Four Forty is the border in what territory?
Oregon Territory
The Supreme Court issued this after the Dred Scott v Sanford case
Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
This was NOT a part of the North's plan to win the Civil War
Defend and prevent Southern expansion
Lincoln's main objective after the Civil War started was to not free the slaves but this
Preserve the Union
This sandal by former President Ulysses S. Grant led to a collapse of the period after the Civil War
Whiskey Ring Scandal