person who goes on a religious mission

What territory did the British and Americans agree to live in joint occupation?

Who developed the electric telegraph and invented code to improve communication?

Doing away with or ending slavery

What did Francis Scott Key write after witnessing the Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore?

The _________ sisters actively spoke out against slavery by writing pamphlets directed at other Southerners.

The canal construction boom was enhanced by the invention of the _________.

William Henry Harrison became a hero after crushing the Shawnee and burning Prophetstown at this battle.

What were vaqueros given credit for introducing into America's western territory?

The National Road was the first federally funded interstate turnpike, which is a ____________.

one of the first to explore a new territory

Over 100,000 prospectors arrived in California in 1849. They were referred to as _________.

The population of Illinois swelled in the north because of the emergence of this port city that allowed trade through the Great Lakes.

law passed to prohibit trade with a particular nation

What was the first industry to use machines?

the right to vote

What era resulted from a patriotic and nationalistic mood after the war?

A runaway slave who learned to read and write and became a leading speaker in the abolitionist movement.

What was the purpose of the new import tariffs suggested by the American System?

What was the name of the USS Constitution that won five naval battles during the War of 1812?

A runaway lave that returned to the South numerous times to help other runaways. She became the leading conductor on the Underground railroad.

The National Road went as far west as __________.

Why did the British navy feel justified in impressing Americans into their Royal Navy?

What religious group migrated into Utah, under Bringham Young, in search of a safe spot to practice their faith.

Which man-made waterway connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean?

Practice of forcing men to join military (naval) service

What was discovered in the American River that caused a mad dash of prospectors trying to strike it rich?

What stated that the U.S, would not interfere with the affairs of existing European colonies but would not allow and interference with the newly independent countries?

prevent people, supplies, or materials from leaving or entering a country

What did Abe Lincoln issue that freed the slaves in states that were in rebellion to the Union (confederacy)?

What part of the treaty with Mexico gave the U.S. the territories of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado?

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Who won the election of 1860 and became our 16th president?

The forced removal of over 16,000 Cherokee resulted in disease, starvation, harsh winter conditions, and violence that led to 4,000 Cherokee deaths. This event became known as the _________.

Who invented the cotton gin that helped revolutionize cotton production?

Who had to decide the winner of the election of 1824 after the election did not result in any candidate receiving the majority of electoral votes?

What were slaves considered once they were purchased at auction?

cattle herder that became the first American cowboy

What was the name of the Union's plan to cut off the Confederacy from commerce and supplies?

The Mexican-American war began after a dispute over the border. Which River did the U.S. believe was the true border between Mexican and Texas (America)?

Where was the Confederate Capital?

What was the term that supported the belief that America should possess the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

Which house of Congress was in question over the slavery issue because both the North and the South wanted to maintain a balance of power?

The Indian Removal Act created the Indian Territory in this present day state?

What rules forbid slaves to learn to read or write, meet without a white person present, and forbid possession of a weapon?

Whose nickname was Old Hickory?

What crop was "King" of the South?

area of land that has been set aside for native people

The Klu Klux Klan was formed in TN. Their goal was to establish ____________.

Racial Segregation in the north was _________.

formally breaking away from an organization

group of laws passed to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

Her newspaper career for the Evening Star was devoted to investigating lynchings

freeing someone from another person's control

landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land

President Grant was blamed for the Panic of _________

large estate or farm where a single crop is grown

Which amendment permanently outlawed slavery in all areas of the U.S.?

The ________ allowed poor whites to be able to vote even if they couldn't pay the tax or read and write

What was Abraham Lincoln doing when he was assassinated just a short week after Lee's surrender?

Reconstruction ended in the year _______, but left the South with many unresolved issues.

people who left the south to head west to escape discrimination were called _________.

form of violence that includes torture or death, usually by hanging

right to go to court to avoid being imprisoned illegally

laws in the south that made segregation legal

The Compromise of 1977 awarded the winner of the 1876 election and ________.

war between two different groups of citizens from the same country

White southerners who supported the Reconstruction plan and the Republican Party; some worked to help newly freed African Americans

This group was founded after a riot took place in Springfield, IL.

person responsible for making slaves work

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

The Voting Rights act of _______ finally guaranteed African Americans the right to vote in the south

The _______ provided food, clothing, schools and hospitals for the freed African Americans in the South.

What Union general received Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House to signify the end of war was near?