Sectionalism
region’s geography impacted its economy; North built factories, South farmed, West mined; a cause of the Civil War
Sectionalism
part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
Fugitive Slave Law
- Union captured Mississippi River, dividing the Confederacy in half
Vicksburg
abolished slavery; African Americans were free to move wherever they wanted
13th Amendment
- encouraged settlement of the West; opened new markets to sell goods; price of goods decreased; built by Irish and Chinese immigrants
Transcontinental Railroad
Economy that is textile mills, trade, factories, immigrant labor, some trade-related slave labor
Northern Economy
allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The place the Confederacy surrendered to Union in Virginia; ended the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
granted citizenship to African Americans; all Americans were to be treated equally under the law; reversed the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling
14th Amendment
Europeans Discover a New World
Exploration
Economy that is plantation system, slave labor; cotton produced and sent to Northern factories
Southern Economy
- major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
SLAVERY!!!!
after the Civil War, South in financial ruin and divided into 5 military districts
Reconstruction
gave voting rights to African American males; Southerners resisted by creating poll taxes
15th Amendment
People Make their own Country
American Revolution
Economy that is mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)
Western Economy
Civil War U.S. president; against secession; wanted to preserve the Union
Abraham Lincoln
- laws that limited the new freedom of former slaves
Black Codes
1st African American U.S. Senator
Hiram Rhodes Revels
People Create Government for Country
Constitution
North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed
Compromise of 1850
more factories, railroads, and money, and leadership of General Grant
Union Advantages
- worked to help newly freed slaves by providing: 1) education, 2) clothing/food, 3) jobs
Freedmen's Bureau
- farming system in which former slaves and poor whites were trapped in a cycle of debt
Sharecropping
Americans Work to Improve Society
Reform Era