U.S Test

Indian Removal Act

Removed Native Americans to the other side of the Mississippi River.

Women’s Rights Movement Leaders

Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

Frederick Douglass

An African American abolitionist who was a slave.

Manifest Destiny

The belief that the U.S. was destined by God to go to the Pacific Ocean.

Polk's Provocation of Mexico

Taunted Mexico into attacking first to have an excuse for war.

Missouri Compromise

Entered Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, also was the border for where slave states were and above where free states could be established.

Compromise of 1850

California becomes a free state, and the rest of the West divided based on popular vote.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Divided territory into Kansas and Nebraska, allowing popular sovereignty on slavery.

Dred Scott Decision

Denied citizenship to slaves and declared slaves as property.

John Brown

An abolitionist who tried to spark an armed rebellion and died for his cause.

Reason for South's Secession

The South felt threatened by Lincoln's election due to their reliance on slavery.

Causes of the Civil War

Conflicts between anti-slavery views and the desire to reunite the Union.

Union Advantages

More people, resources, and an established government compared to the Confederacy.

Confederacy Advantages

Better soldiers compared to the Union.

Fort Sumter

The location of the first shots fired, marking the start of the Civil War.

Bull Run

The first major battle that shattered the illusion of a short war.

Antietam

The bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history with 22,000+ casualties.

Vicksburg

Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy.

Gettysburg

Turning point of the war where Lee's invasion of the North failed.

Sherman’s March

Destruction of Southern infrastructure and economy.

Appomattox

Location of General Lee's final surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.

Emancipation Proclamation

Freed enslaved people in Confederate states in rebellion against the Union.

Gettysburg Address

Lincoln's speech that redefined the Civil War as a fight for equality.

Lincoln’s Reconstruction Approach

Promoted forgiveness and unity to restore the Union.

Tenure of Office Act

Restricted the President’s ability to remove officials without Senate approval.

President Johnson's Controversy

Opposed civil rights for freed African Americans and vetoed reconstruction legislation.

Ku Klux Klan Purpose

To intimidate and suppress African Americans from voting or gaining rights.

Sharecropping Exploitation

Tricked former slaves into working on plantations again through sharecropping.

Impact of Sharecropping

Trapped former slaves in a cycle of debt and poverty under white landowners.

Voting Suppression Tactics

Used literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes to prevent black voting.

13th Amendment

Abolished slavery.

14th Amendment

Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.

15th Amendment

Prohibited denial of voting rights based on race or color.

Military Reconstruction Act Purpose

Enforced Reconstruction by dividing the South into military districts.

Federal Improvements for African Americans

Abolished slavery, provided citizenship, and passed anti-discrimination laws.

End of Reconstruction

Ended with the Compromise of 1877, withdrawing federal troops from the South.