IB History Final Study Guide

Sharecropping

An agricultural system post-Civil War where landowners allowed tenants to use land in exchange for a share of the crops produced.

March to the Sea & William T

Union General Sherman's campaign during the Civil War from Atlanta to Savannah, employing a scorched earth policy.

Popular Sovereignty

Principle giving settlers the sole right to decide on slavery in a territory.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, leading to U.S. acquisition of territories like California and New Mexico.

Manifest Destiny

19th-century belief in the U.S. expansion throughout the American continents.

Sectionalism

Exaggerated devotion to a region's interests over the country, a factor in the Civil War.

Frederick Douglass

Escaped slave turned prominent abolitionist, author, and speaker.

Presidential vs

Differing approaches to reintegrating Southern states post-Civil War.

Freedmen’s Bureau

Agency aiding freed slaves post-Civil War with food, housing, education, and legal help.

Fort Sumter

Site of the first shots of the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina.