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History of the Americas
Civil War 2
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Jim Crow Laws
Discriminatory Post Civil War Laws aimed at Freed Slaves
Vicksburg
City in Mississippi/Strategic Key to Control of the River/Surrendered July 4 1863
Gettysburg
Battle in Pennsylvania in July 1863/Turning Point of the War/Union Victory
Industrial Revolution
Rise of the Machines/ Factories/Railroads /Northern Advantage/Part of Sectionalism
Rural
Agricultural in nature/spread out population/More traditional economy
Urban
More Industrial economy/Larger Population bunched in towns and Cities
Foreign Slave
Trade Slaves imported directly from Africa outlawed in 1808
Sharecropping
Replaced Slavery after War/ Plantation owners rented land to Freed Slaves in return for percentage of crops
Appomattox Courthouse
Site of Lee's surrender to Grant in April 1865
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina Senator and Vice President who invoked nullification as a doctrine to combat protective Tariffs
Fort Sumter
Site of the opening conflict of the Civil War
13th Amendment
Addition to the Constitution that freed all slaves in US
Home Field Advantage
One of the few positives for the South since most of the Battles were fought in their Backyards
Ironclads
A ship protected by iron armor.
Anaconda Plan
Union strategy to surround the Confederacy with a Blockade and Control of the Mississippi River
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US HISTORY
What do you think would be the most difficult challenge in starting a new life on the Great Plains? Give reasons for your answer.
US HISTORY
Read this sentence from the excerpt: "My people-some of them-have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food." Which of the following arguments could be best supported by the sentence? A. Chief Joseph is exaggerating in order to gain sympathy from the soldiers. B. Chief Joseph is disappointed by the Nez Perce who have run away. C. The tribe is willing to negotiate because it needs supplies. D. The tribe is breaking apart under the strain of fleeing from the soldiers.
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Identify and explain: Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Trade Commission, Adamson Act, Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, National American Woman Suffrage Association, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, Nineteenth Amendment
US HISTORY
How might the farmers in the Whiskey Rebellion have expressed their disapproval of the whiskey tax while staying within the law?