Civil War
This was the main "states' rights" issue that caused the war.
Slavery.
These laws were passed in the South to keep African Americans from having equal rights.
Jim Crow Laws (or Black Codes)
This law gave 160 acres of free land to anyone willing to farm it.
The Homestead Act
This inventor created the lightbulb, which let factories stay open at night.
Thomas Edison.
This British ship was sunk by a German sub, making Americans very angry.
The Lusitania.
This document by Lincoln "freed" the slaves in the states that were rebelling.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
This Amendment officially ended slavery in the entire United States.
13th Amendment. (Memory trick: 13 = Free)
This "Golden Spike" connected the East Coast and West Coast by train.
The Transcontinental Railroad.
This man owned the Standard Oil monopoly and was the richest man in the US.
John D. Rockefeller.
This note from Germany asked Mexico to attack the US.
The Zimmerman Telegram
This 3-day battle in Pennsylvania was the "turning point" the North won.
Gettysburg
This Amendment said that if you are born in the US, you are a citizen with "equal protection."
14th Amendment. (Memory trick: 14 = Citizen)
This act tried to make Native Americans act "more white" by giving them individual farms.
The Dawes Act.
These were cheap, crowded, and dirty apartment buildings where poor workers lived.
Tenements.
This type of fighting involved soldiers hiding in deep ditches to avoid machine guns.
Trench Warfare
This was the North's plan to "squeeze" the South by blocking their ports.
The Anaconda Plan
This Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment. (Memory trick: 15 = Vote)
This was the idea that it was America’s "God-given right" to own all the land to the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny.
This group of workers joined together to fight for better pay and shorter hours.
A Labor Union
This law made it illegal to speak out against the war or the government.
The Espionage Act (or Sedition Act)
The Civil War was fought between these two "sections" of the country.
The North (Union) and South (Confederacy
These were Northerners who moved South after the war to make money or help out.
Carpetbaggers
This group of farmers wanted the government to help them by using silver for money.
The Populist Party (or The Grangers)
This is when one company owns an entire industry and has no competition.
A Monopoly (or Trust)
This was the name of the peace treaty that ended the war and punished Germany.
The Treaty of Versailles.