U.S. History 9B

In the West

100

The idea that the U.S. should reach both sides of the continent.

Manifest Destiny

200

These were left behind by Spain. Some would be turned into forts.

Spanish Missions

300

This trail was mainly a trade route to Mexico from Missouri.

Santa Fe Trail

400

The trail used latter by groups to find Utah and parts of Idaho.

The Mormon (LDS) Trail

500

There was an Ausome thing to quickly get for during this event.

California Gold Rush

I'm Being Social

100

Women who wanted to vote or own property were a part of this movement.

Women's Suffrage

or 

Women's Rights

200

The social movement aimed at abolishing slavery.

Abolition

300

The belief that alcohol is the root of evil and it should be illegal

Temperance

400

You’re sitting in it.

Public School Movement

500

These activists believe that people in jail are still people.

Prison Reform Movement

Rebuilding

100

This period followed the destruction of the Civil War.

Reconstruction

200

The 13th Amendment was responsible for this. Many would disagree. 

Formally abolishing slavery. 

300

This amendment was focused on racial suffrage.

15th Amendment

400

The main purpose of this period was to rebuild the South. But it was also focused on doing this with them.

Reintegrating them into the U.S.

500

This Amendment was due at the Constitutional Convention. Sounds like it needed to be equally protected.  

14th Amendment

I'm Golden

100

This term is used to describe coating something in a precious metal, often gold.

Gilding

200

A person who gains vast wealth through less reputable means is sometimes called this.

Robber Baron

300

These three could be either Reconstruction or Gilded Age Presidents.

Johnson, Grant, and Hayes

400

These two Gilded Age inventors sparked much debate over who had more power.

Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla

500

This 1896 case believed that separate was equal.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Who's that President?

100

This President was honest and shared a name with a Biblical Prophet. 

Abraham Lincoln 

200

This President was the 3rd choice of another President. He still won the war. 

Ulysses S. Grant 

300

An honest politician, this President promised to expand the U.S. in a single term. Now we have California

James K. Polk

400

After Lincoln died, this man was in charge. Didn't that sound peachy?

Andrew Johnson

500

Electing this President required the House of Representatives to get involved. It also marked the end of Reconstruction. 

Rutherford B. Hayes.