Vocabulary
a person that is owned as property
What is a slave?
Given to African Americans when the civil war was over
What are civil rights?
Who won the civil war?
What is the North?
the first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
a Spanish explorer who went looking for the fountain of youth but ended up discovering Florida
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
The northern states during the civil war
What is the union?
a person who originally settled a part of the nation and prepared it for others
the president during the civil war
Who is Abraham Lincoln
the author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
a French explorer who was the first to sail down the Mississippi River and claimed land for France
Who is Robert la Salle?
the period of time when the SE buildings and economy had to be rebuilt
What is reconstruction?
a system of decision making where everyone comes to an agreement
What is consensus?
The southern states did this, which is one reason why the civil war started
a president born into poverty
Who is Andrew Jackson?
a Spanish explorer who went looking for gold and ended up exploring the Southeast states
Who is Hernando de Soto?
What is secede?
to completely get rid of
What is abolish?
this law came into effect after the civil war ended
What are the Jim Crow laws?
the president who sided with the Northern states, was president in 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
a pioneer who explored Kentucky and developed the wilderness road
Who is Daniel Boone?
The southern states during the civil war
What is the confederacy?
helps transport people around big cities
What is public transportation system?
the two reasons the civil war started
What is a disagreement about slavery and state versus national power?
a group of Native American people who were forced off of their land on a journey called the Trail of Tears
Who are the Cherokee?
a skilled hunter and backwoodsman who became a congressman for Tennessee
Who is Davy Crockett?