The Civil War
This was Abraham Lincoln’s main goal when the Civil War first began in 1861.
To preserve/save the Union
Abraham Lincoln gave this famous, short speech in November 1863 to dedicate a cemetery on a battlefield.
Gettysburg Address
Mark Twain used this two-word term to describe the late 1800s because the outside looked shiny and rich, but underneath there was terrible poverty.
Gilded Age
This vocabulary word describes the rapid growth of, or increase in, large cities.
Urbanization
This famous law encouraged people to move out west and start farming by offering them 160 acres of free public land.
Homestead Act
These were the very first shots of the Civil War, fired between Federal troops and Southern soldiers.
Battle at Fort Sumter
This famous actor and Southern sympathizer assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
John Wilkes Booth
This business tycoon owned the Standard Oil Company and is considered the richest American of all time.
John D. Rockefeller
In the late 19th century, immigration shifted as millions of people arrived from these two specific regions of Europe.
Southern and Eastern Europe
This political party was formed by struggling American farmers to fight against high railroad prices and big corporations.
Populist Party
This 1862 fight is famous for being the single bloodiest day of battle in the entire Civil War.
Battle of Antietam
This Constitutional Amendment officially ended slavery in all states across the country.
13th Amendment
This Scottish immigrant went from "rags to riches" in the steel industry and argued that the wealthy should give back to their communities.
Andrew Carnegie
This group of voters was the most important support system for corrupt city political machines like Tammany Hall.
Immigrants
This 1887 law attempted to "Americanize" Native Americans by breaking up reservations into individual family farms.
Dawes Act
This document symbolically changed the purpose of the war for the North by focusing on ending slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
This group in Congress disagreed with Lincoln and wanted to strictly punish the South during Reconstruction.
Radical Republicans
This hands-off economic theory states that the economy runs best when the government does not interfere with business.
Laissez-faire capitalism
This political cartoonist used his drawings in Harper's Weekly to expose the corruption of Boss Tweed.
Thomas Nast
This major labor protest in Chicago turned into a violent riot, dealing a severe blow to the early labor union movement.
Haymarket Square Riot
These two specific battle victories in July 1863 are widely considered the main turning points of the Civil War.
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
This insults-based term was used by Southerners to describe Northerners who moved south after the war to make money.
Carpetbaggers
This social belief used human nature to argue that the most talented or "fittest" people will naturally rise to the top of society.
Social Darwinism
This term means using your political power, influence, or bribes illegally for personal financial gain.
Graft
This was the Native Americans' greatest military success against the U.S. Army, where they killed General Custer and his men.
Battle of the Little Bighorn