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.