Amendments in Our American History
Abolished Slavery
13th Amendment
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
The global shift from manual, agrarian (farming) economies to industrialized, mechanized manufacturing.
Industrial Revolution
Cheap land to encourage settlement of the West
Homestead Act
A person who actively fought to end slavery
abolitionist
Black Men Get The Right To Vote
15th Amendment
The Union
The North
The factories were mainly located in the _____________________.
north
Banned slavery north of the 36°30′ latitude (Missouri State Line)
Missouri Compromise
Treaty of Paris
Citizenship and Equal Protection
14th Amendment
The South
The Confederacy
Farms were mainly located in the ______________.
south
California was admitted as free state in exchange for stricter fugitive slave act.
The Compromise of 1850
Take control of the continent from East coast to West coast (railroad connected the country).
Manifest Destiny
Gave Women the Right to Vote
19th Amendment
Where did the start of the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter
European ________________ were processed at Ellis Island in New York/ Chinese ________________ processed at Angel Island in San Francisco
immigrants
Slavery in the territory was to be decided by popular sovereignty (popular vote).
Kansas Nebraska Act
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union (e.g., Southern states seceding to form the Confederacy).
Secession
Banned Alcohol
18th Amendment
Turning point of the war/ Gettysburg Address- speech by Lincoln
Battle of Gettysburg
Against immigrants
Nativism
Led to the construction of highways connecting different states.
Interstate Highway Act
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
Checks and Balances