This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment
100
this began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619
What is Slavery
100
this was a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the November 19, 1863, dedication of Soldier's National Cemetery
What is the Gettysburg address
100
this word simply meant loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country
What is sectionalism
100
this was an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
What is a compromise
200
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment
200
this was the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
What is states' rights
200
this was the formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity
What is impeached
200
this meant to withdrawal of one or more States from the Union that constitutes the United States
What is secede
200
this was an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
What is a blockade
300
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the united states ( including former slaves.)
What is the 14th amendment
300
this was a legal theory that a state has the right to NULLIFY, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional
What is nullification
300
This word meant supreme ruler or king or queen...
What is sovereign
300
this began on December 20, 1860
What is the series of events of the compromises that applied to the outbreak of the civil war.
300
this word means occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
What is antebellum
400
Lincoln issued this on January 1, 1863.. which proclaimed the freedom of slaves.
What is the emancipation proclamation.
400
What was being produced during the 1800's that profited Georgia more, and required more slaves to pick it?
What is cotton
400
Lincoln’s_____-word address would be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history.
What is 273
400
Sectionalism divided the country ______ and ______
What is North and South
400
this refers to the period in United States history immediately following the Civil War in which the federal government set the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union
What is reconstruction
500
This amendment was ratified to the us constitution on July 28,1868.
What is the 14th amendment.
500
This device for removing the seeds from cotton fiber. Which was created by Eli Whitney in 1794
What is the cotton gin
500
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 11 articles of impeachment against this former president
What is President Andrew Johnson
500
The south wanted to become _________ during the civel war.
What is independent
500
this referred to any post-war period or era. Reconstruction Era of the United States, especially in the U.S. South.