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43 Cards in this Set
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Immigrant |
A person who comes to live in a new land |
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Industry |
Part of the economy in which machines are used to do the work
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States’ rights |
A belief that each state should solve its own problems |
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Abolitionist |
Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery completely. |
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Secede |
Break away or officially withdraw |
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Reconstruction |
Period of time when the South was rebuilt |
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Segregation |
A system under which people of different races are kept separate |
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Reservation |
An area set aside for Native Americans |
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Gold |
What was found in San Francsico that caused a large population growth? |
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Doubled |
How much did the Louisiana Purchase increase the size of the nation? |
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Spain |
What country controlled the Oregon Country after the Louisiana Purchase? |
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Mexico |
What country controlled the Southwest after the Louisiana Purchase? |
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Land, gold, furs |
Why did Americans in the East seek to move west? |
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The thought that it was Americans' clear duty to expand the nation from coast to coast. |
What is Manifest Destiny? |
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Native Americans |
Who lived in the western regions when Americans began westward expansion? |
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The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 |
What ended the American war against Mexico and expanded the nation from Atlantic to Pacific? In what year did this happen? |
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European Immigrants; the Industrial Revolution |
Who helped build the nation's industry in the 1840's? What was this period in time called? |
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More and more goods were produced in factories. Later, farmers used machines to do the work that had been done by hand. |
What happened in the United States during the American Revolution? |
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Railroads let people travel faster and farther. Better roads and the Erie Canal helped Americans go west. The telegraph helped people communicate. |
How was transportation and communicaiton improved during the Industrial Revolution? |
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Northern factories used free labor to weave cotton into cloth. Southern workers used enslaved workers to grow cotton. |
Give an example of how was work different in the North and the South? |
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Farming |
What was the main industry in the South? |
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States' Rights. It meant that states could decide whether they wanted to allow slavery or not. New states could also decide on their own about slavery. |
What rights did the southern states argue for? How did these rights affect slavery? |
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No. Many Northerners were abolitionists. They did not want new states to be able to allow slavery. |
Were the Northerners in favor of states rights? |
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1860. Southerners were furious after his election because he wanted to stop the spread of slavery. |
What year was Abraham Lincoln elected president? How did the Southerners feel about his election, and why? |
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Secede. 11. |
What did many southern states do after Lincoln was elected? How many did it successfully? |
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The Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis |
After the southern states seceded, what did they call themselves? Who was their first president? |
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No. The Civil War. 1861 |
Did Lincoln feel that the southern states had a right to secede from the United States? What began as a result? When? |
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The Battle of Fort Sumter |
What was the first battle of the Civil War? |
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Charleston, South Carolina on Confederate land. The United States. |
Where did Fort Sumter exist? Before the Battle of Fort Sumter, who did the fort belong to? |
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75,000 |
How many volunteers did President Lincoln initially call to fight for the Union. |
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That is would be over soon. They were wrong. It lasted for four years. |
How long did people think the Civil war would last when it started? Were they correct? How long did it last? |
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2.3 million fought. Over 1 million died or were wounded. |
How many soldiers fought in the Civil War? How many died or were wounded? |
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Robert E. Lee led the Confederate Army. Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army. |
Who led the armies on each side of the Civil War? |
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The Union defeated the Confederacy on April 9, 1865. |
Who won the Civil War? When? |
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He was shot and killed five days after General Lee surrendered to General Grant. |
How and when did President Lincoln die? |
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A nurse who founded the American Red Cross |
Who was Clara Barton? |
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An abolitionist who helped guide escaped slaves |
Who was Harriet Tubman? |
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An abolitionist who published his own newspaper |
Who was Frederick Douglas? |
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The period of time when the United States was rebuilt after the Civil War. |
What is Reconstruction? |
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13th - Made slavery illegal. 14th - Gave rights to former slaves. 15th - Granted African American men the right to vote. |
What three amendments were added to the Constitution as a result of the Civil War? |
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Treating someone unfairly because of race or other qualities. |
What is discrimination? |
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Laws in the South that kept black people and white people apart, or segregated. |
What were the Jim Crow laws? |
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Many were forced to move from their lands as white settlers moved there. The government set up reservations for them to live on. They did not want to move and fought hard against it. |
What happened to the Native Americans as white Americans began to move west? What was the government's attempt to help? How did the Native Americans feel about that? |
