First Contact and Colonies
The reason for significant decline in Indigenous populations after Europeans arrived in the Americas
Diseases and lack of immunity
The document that officially announced the colonies' separation from England
Declaration of Independence
This event began in California in 1849, and led to a boom of population and economic growth on the west coast
The Gold Rush
This region relied on slave labor to pick cotton, and made most of its money on agriculture
The South
This president won the election of 1860, causing many southern states to secede
Abraham Lincoln
This route went from Africa to the Americas, and carried slaves packed into ships
Middle Passage
The goal of the Revolutionary War for the colonists
The purchase made by Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
This region began to phase out slavery in the 1800s due to the industrial revolution, which created thousands of paid jobs that increased their populations
The North
These were the two sides of the Civil War
Union and Confederacy
Triangular Trade involved these three locations, trading slaves, tobacco, and guns
Britain, Americas, Africa
These two nations fought the French and Indian War in the colonial region
France and Britain
The route from the midwest to the west coast taken by thousands of Wagon trains hoping to settle in the west (you could die from dysentery, a snake bite, or maybe a cannibalistic stranding in the mountains)
The Oregon Trail
This law required anyone to return a runaway slave, regardless of their opinion about slavery
Fugitive Slave Act
This event is considered the triggering event that officially began the Civil War
The attack on Fort Sumter
This colonial region was the most successful in agriculture due to their climate, which made it possible for them to grow a huge variety of crops
Southern Colonies
The reason the French and Indian War eventually led into the Revolutionary War
Britain imposed huge taxes on colonists (without their say) in order to pay off their debt from the F&I War
The Indian Removal Act
This was the major argument that divided the nation and eventually led to the Civil War
The expansion of slavery/the existence of slavery going forward as a nation
This act was used to help the soldiers in the Civil War by offering Americans free land to farm in order to grow food for the Union army
Homestead Act of 1862
The event that resulted from Puritan's religious paranoia over any behavior that couldn't be explained by the Bible
The first document that made the rules for the new United States Government, and what it was replaced with when they realized it wouldn't work
Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution
This popular 1800s idea said that it was the destiny of white settlers to own all of the land from coast to coast in America, which also meant taking it away from tribes who were already living in the west
Manifest Destiny
This network of secret routes and safe houses was used to help enslaved people reach freedom in the Northern United States or in Canada
The Underground Railroad
The 13th Amendment finally accomplished this goal