Colonies to Constitution
The Constitutional Convention decided how enslaved people would be counted for representation in Congress with this deal.
Three-Fifths Compromise
The purchase of this Territory doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803, and gave U.S. control over the port of New Orleans for international.
Louisiana Territory
Just days after the end of the Civil War, president Lincoln was assassinated by this man at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC.
John Wilkes Booth
He was the commander of the Union Army in the Civil War who secured the surrender of Robert E. Lee and was elected President in 1868.
Ulysses S. Grant
This was the term for a person from the north who moved to the south to aid with Reconstruction.
"carpetbagger"
Many died of starvation, disease, and cold at this Pennsylvania camp during the Revolutionary War, before regrouping under the leadership of General Washington and Baron von Steuben.
Valley Forge
The capture and impressment of American merchant ships by the British Navy was a main cause of this early 19th century conflict.
War of 1812
This Union victory was the deadliest battle of the Civil War with over 51,000 killed over three days, and marked a turning point in the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
Perhaps the most influential abolitionist, his works included publishing his own autobiography and the leading anti-slavery newspaper: The North Star.
Frederick Douglass
This was the job made most available to freedmen in the south following the Civil War.
Sharecropping
After the French and Indian War, this upset many colonists because it prevented them from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
President Andrew Jackson signed this into law in 1830, forcing thousands of Native Americans to leave their land and march west along the Trail of Tears.
Indian Removal Act
This first Civil War battle in Union territory became the deadliest ONE-DAY battle in U.S. history with over 26,000 casualties.
Antietam
He was the expansionist President who annexed Oregon and Texas before overseeing the Mexican-American War.
James K. Polk
This is the belief that white Americans were ordained by God to conquer North America from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
The sea voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic as part of the Triangular trade was known as this.
The Middle Passage
California was admitted to the union as a Free State, while the Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of this deal.
Compromise of 1850
This government organization was established in 1865 to assist newly emancipated black Americans in the south during Reconstruction.
Freedmen's Bureau
He served as the President of the Confederacy throughout the entirety of the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
This is the term for the intentional and unintentional trade of plants, animals, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the "New World" starting in 1492.
Columbian Exchange
This colonial region was primarily established by British colonists seeking religious freedom.
New England
After Andrew Jackson and Congress passed tariffs to protect American manufacturing, backlash from South Carolina and the resignation of the Vice President resulted during this event.
Nullification Crisis
On the verge of Union victory, Lincoln gave this speech, declaring the U.S. must not longer benefit from slavery, while urging northerners not to take revenge on southerners.
Second Inaugural Address
She fought for both abolition of slavery and women's rights, and became perhaps most famous for her speech, "Ain't I a Woman?"
Sojourner Truth
Also known as the "Corrupt Bargain," this deal granted Rutherford B. Hayes the Presidency in exchange for removing all remaining U.S. troops from the south, ending Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877