history staar review

what did the 13th amendment do?

abolish slavery

what did the 14th amendment do?

gave citizenship to all people born in the US

what did the 15th amendment do?

gave black men the right to vote

ulysses s. grant

union general guy

robert e. lee

confederate general guy

fort sumter

start of civil war (confederate vic.)

antietam

bloodiest battle (union vic.)

battle of gettysburg

fought in pennsylvania & was the turning point (south would never try to invade the north)

vicksburg

another turning point (split the confederacy into 2 by the mississippi river)

appomax courthouse

end of the civil war

XYZ & Impressment

French destroyed our ships, but Britain impressed our sailors

john c. calhoon

represented south state rights & nullification supporter

henry clay

“great compromiser” for holding the country together & sponsored the missouri compromise & compromise of 1850 (california & fugitive slave act thing)

daniel webster

senator of massachusetts, against slavery, wants strong fed. gov.

jefferson davis

first & only president for the confederacy

abraham lincoln

16th president

william carney

former slave that recieved the medal of honor for protecting the american flag

phillip bazaar

chilean immigrant that received the medal of honor

clara barton

founder of the red cross

lincoln’s 1st inaugural address

south would have to start the war & secession is illegal

lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address

he’s going to go easy on the south and he’ll care for people

jefferson davis’s 1st inaugural address

thinks secession is legal & made a comparison to the DOI

gettysburg address

compared to the DOI, our democracy is still strong, pumped up the union to win the war

order of territories

1. united states
2. louisiana purchase ($15 mil)
3. florida purchase ($5 mil)
4. texas annexed
5. oregon
6. mexican cession (treaty of guadelupe hidalgo)
7. gadsden purchase

mexican-american war

fought over boundary dispute of the rio grande (texas claimed boundary) & nueces river (mexico claimed boundary). Ended w/ the treaty of guadelupe hidalgo

madbury v. madison

judicial review

gibbons v. ogden

boat commerce thing

dred scott v. stanford

court case w/ black man that divided the country

free enterprise

limit state restriction on business

worcester v. georgia

native americans fought in court over their land & won. Unconstitutionally moved off their land by andrew jackson.

McCulloch v. Maryland

The federal gov. had the right to set up a federal bank & states couldn’t tax the federal gov.

1607

jamestown founded for gold

1620

pilgrims in plymouth for religion & mayflower compact

1776

declaration of independence in 2nd continental congress

1787

constitution written for a government w/out tyranny

1803

louisiana purchase: westward expansion, doubled size, mississipi river

1861-1865

civil war

anti-federalist

leaders: patrick henry. george manson, elbridge gerry

views: constitution = bad (wanted bill of rights to protect against tyranny)

federalist

leaders: manson, jay, hamilton

views: constitution = good

new jersey plan/virginia plan/great compromise

new jersey: more rights for small states (equal rep.)

virginia: more power to large states (population count)

compromise: bicameral legislature (house of rep. & senate)

articles of confederation

weak, couldn’t raise tax, couldn’t regulate trade, limited power, created to protect against tyrants (led to constitution)

shay’s rebellion

proved AOC was weak & needed to be remade

land ordinance 1785

land west of the appalachian mountains were sold to individual landowners

abolitionists

1. fredrick douglas (fought for the 13,14,&15th amendments)
2. john brown (organized harpers ferry)
3. harriet beecher stowe (author of uncle tom’s cabin)
4. sojourner truth (ain’t i a woman?)
5. harriet tubman (escaped & helped slaves)

thomas paine

author of common sense