Wartime
The Election of 1860 caused a number of states to do this.
What is Secede?
This act allowed bounty-hunting, and was compromised by personal liberty laws in the North.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Slavery was outlawed with the passing of this.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The government grants these to inventors.
What are patents?
Nickname of the late 1890s, given by an author.
What is "Gilded Age"?
The "turning point" battle took place a this town in Pennsylvania.
What is Gettysburg?
A route to the North was created by Harriet Tubman and nicknamed this.
What is the Underground Railroad?
What is "Radical Republicans"?
Thomas Edison, in Menlo Park, discovered a way to use this to create light.
What is electricity?
These two were popular newspaper editors.
This President delivered a short speech to commemorate the area; he stored the speech in his top hat.
Who was Lincoln?
Stowe and Delany wrote about these two slaves; one was compliant and one was defiant.
What are Blake and Tom?
Though the 15th Amendment guaranteed voting for former slaves, many Southern states added these to the voting polls.
What are literacy tests?
These two were monopoly holders in oil and steel.
Who are Rockefeller and Carnegie?
Predecessor to jazz; very popular music at this time.
What is Ragtime?
On April 9th, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at this Virginian courthouse.
What is Appomattox?
Two states were created in this act.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Jim Crow laws made this legal.
What is segregation?
"Survival of the Wealthiest"
What is Social Darwinism?
Baseball and Football are great examples of these, which saw newfound popularity in the 1890s.
What are organized sports?
This man shot and killed President Lincoln on April 14th, 1865.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The Supreme Court delivered a very controversial ruling on the case involving this slave.
Who was Dred Scott?
Johnson became the first president to face this.
What is impeachment?
This movement, both literal and figurative, led to cheap housing and many dangers.
What is Urbanization?
Concerts, Lectures, and Amusement Parks all were examples of these.
What are outdoor events?