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Federalists

one of the first political parties in America. They believed in strong, central government.

Manifest Destiny

Belief that the US has a divine duty over North America

Monroe Doctrine

a policy that stated no European nation should intervene with America's growth

Texas Revolution

expatriate Americans rebelled in Texas and took the territory by force of arms.

Confederate States of America

Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. They wanted to keep slavery, they seceded the US. They started the civil war

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate US.

Emancipation Proclamation

freeing of all slaves in the rebel states during the civil war.

Battle of Gettysburg

a pivotal point in the war. The Union won. (Lincoln's team).

General Robert E. Lee

confederate military leader.

Gettysburg Address

talked about providing equality for all.

General Ulysses S. Grant

General for the North.

Amendments 13, 14, 15

13, Free slaves, 14, allow black americans to gain citizenship, and 15, citizens of the US cannot be denied the right to vote based on their race


Black codes

restrictive laws regulating African Americans passes by the south.

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Supreme Court decision declared that black men and women in the US could never become citizens

Frederick Douglas

a former slave, the abolitionist. He wrote brilliant speeches

Free Soil Party

antislavery party

Fugitive SLave Acts

dealt with the treatment of escaped slaves

Harriet Beecher Stowe

American abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin. Which alerted readers to the struggles of slaves.

Harriet Tubman

an escaped slave who rescued more than 70 slaves from slavery

John Brown

He was hung for his involvement in a raid. He tried to end the practice of slavery

Spanish American War

Left the US in control of several former Spanish territories such as: Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

Panama Canal

Teddy Roosevelt.

World War 1

assassination of an Austrian President sent Europe into the war. 1914. The US entered the war 3 years later.

Women were allowed to vote when

1920. Was included with the 19th Amendment.

prohibition

alcoholic beverages were outlawed.

The Great Depression

Franklin Roosevelt. Unemployment reached 25%. Incomes of those still employed, dropped as much as 50%.

The New Deal

government program that put people back to work during the great depression. Price and wage regulations were put into place. Social security was enabled. Disability act, and medicare.

World War 2

We didn't want to get involved in the war, until we got bombed by the Japs at Pearl Harbor. The US joined the allies to stop Germany and Japan.