name given to the deal in which Jefferson increased the size of the nation

allegiance to local rather than national interests

the exclusive ownership or control of a product or industry by one company or group

known as the devil’s backbone

withdrawing from the union with or without just cause

one of perhaps 500 young women brought to the French colonies to marry single men; each was given a small suitcase with a wedding dress and personal articles

a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896

President Abraham Lincoln’s January 1, 1863, proclamation that freed all slaves in those states in rebellion against the U.S.A.

those who wanted to end slavery

adding territory to an existing governmental unit

first female college located in our nation

a formal charge brought against an elected official

the original northern boundary of British West Florida

the migration of blacks, mostly farm workers, from Mississippi to Kansas and other midwestern states after Reconstruction

the art of making maps and charts

a simple and inexpensive machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that mechanically separated cotton fiber from seeds

a “Black Code”; a group of special French colonial laws regulating the institution of slavery

a theory stating that all men, everywhere, are endowed by God and nature with the rights of life, liberty, and property

Established the settlement of New Orleans

an 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled that racial segregation of public facilities did not violate the U.S. Constitution if the separate facilities were equal

Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain in the American Revolution

a labor system that established, by law and custom, that African American slaves were the personal property of their owners and could be bought, sold, traded, and inherited

state laws regulating the activity of slavery

a white Mississippian (or other southerner) who joined the Republican Party and supported the rights of citizenship for blacks during Reconstruction

the time of rebuilding the South and restoring southern states to the Union after the Civil War

the distance east or west of the prime meridian

a northerner who remained in the South or moved to the South after the Civil War

funds from the lease of every 16th out of 36 sections of land, which were used to support public schools in that section’s county

determined whether a person could read or write before being allowed to vote

a set of laws that governed and regulated the lives of freedmen in Mississippi after the Civil War

a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river

Force of citizen-soldiers

legislation passed in the late 1800s that segregated public schools and other public facilities

the commercial production of freshwater animals, like catfish, and aquatic plants

an organization whose purpose was to assist free blacks who wanted to return to Africa

something found in nature that is useful to humans

an act passed in 1862 by the U.S. Congress that granted each state a large area of federal land to support an agricultural and mechanical college

a scientist who studies the origin, history, and composition of Earth’s crust

the distance north or south of the equator

large agricultural estate

a secret organization with special handshakes, passwords, and disguises that used violence and intimidation against freedmen after the Civil War

There are ________ counties in Mississippi.

Mississippi's climate is _______________________________.

____________________ means before the Civil War and after the American Revolution.

The original inhabitants of Mississippi named the _____________________________ Father of Waters.

_________________ was the main explorer for Spain in the Mississippi area, responsible for germ warfare against the Indians.

Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, and they also discovered these two important rivers:

The __________________________ War cost Britain the Mississippi region.

Liberal land grants attracted ____________________ settlers to the Spanish Natchez District.

Mississippi became a territory in ______________.

Mississippi became a state in _________________.

__ was chosen to be the state capital in 1821 because it was centrally located. The city was renamed Jackson after Andrew Jackson.

___________________ was Mississippi’s main resource during the Flush Times.

Mississippi seceded from the Union in January of _____, based on the theory of states’ rights.

The ______________________ Party was formed to oppose slavery.

Confederate soldiers were ordered to protect the railroad intersection, when the Union soldiers met the Confederate army known as the "Crossroads of the South" one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War happened.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws

The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Mississippi was readmitted to the Union on February 23, _________.

____________ became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

The attack on Fort Sumter started the American ______________________________.

The goal of the _____________________ in Mississippi was to remember how the state was before the War.

___________________ was the natural resource used to upstart the economy after the Civil War.

It was hard for farmers to get out of _________________________ because they had to pay off all debts.

After the Civil War, _____________________ were a new work force in Mississippi.

_________ was a type of manufacturing that was created after the Civil War.

The ____________________________ tribe was called the "Bread People" after a special type of bread they made.

The ___________________ tribe built sacred mounds where they conducted their religious ceremonies.

_________ tribes lived in what is now Mississippi.

The ______________________ tribe developed their own breed of horse.

Family feuds were settled during the ___________________________ Ceremony which marked the beginning of a new year.

The _______________________ tribe required human sacrifice at the death of a chief.

The ______________________________ tribe was nicknamed "long hairs" and "flat heads" by the Europeans.