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What was a significant characteristic of the Lowell Factory System?
The workers were young women who lived in company-provided boarding houses.
What was the Union’s main goal at the start of the war?
To preserve the Union
According to Washington, what is the danger of political factions (parties)?
They can divide the nation and threaten liberty.
Executive Branch does what?
The branch of government that enforces laws and is led by the president. (Article II)
What did Lincoln mean by “government of the people”?
A democracy where the government serves the people
What proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The ______________________________________________, fought on April 9, 1865, in Virginia, marked the end of the Civil War, with General Robert E. Lee surrendering to General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively bringing the Confederacy’s rebellion to a close.
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse;
The branch of government that interprets laws and includes courts. (Article III)
Judicial Branch
What mountain range made westward travel difficult?
The Rocky Mountains
What amendment ended slavery?
13th Amendment
Compromise of 1850?
Admitted California as a free state and included a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.
Legislative is the branch of government that...
makes laws and is composed of Congress. (Article I)
What does Lincoln mean by "government of the people, by the people, for the people"?
A democracy where the government serves its citizens
What did the 14th amendment do?
Granted US citizenship to all people born in the US.
Divided the U.S. at the 36°30' line, allowing slavery in the South but not in the North.
Missouri Compromise
What did Washington warn the United States to avoid regarding foreign nations?
Allowing foreign nations to influence the nation's internal politics.
What did the 15th amendment do?
Grant freedom black MEN the right to vote.
To Secede is...
Southern states that left the Union to form the Confederate States of America.