World History Chapter 26-3

Abraham Lincoln

16th president of the United States, southerners opposed him, promised to stop the spread of slavery

limited African American's rights, made it difficult for them to vote

What did the segregation laws state?

Texas gains independence from Mexico

What happened in 1836?

Texas was annexed by U.S.

What happened in 1845?

preserving the union, and slavery

What were the issues of the American Civil War?

Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861

Where and when did the Civil War start?

14th and 15th amendment

extended the rights of citizenship to all Americans and guaranteed former slaves the right to vote

Indian Removal Act

in 1830, this law allowed the federal government to force Native Americans living in the east to move to the west

Transcontinental railroad

in 1862, congress authorized money to build this, for seven years, immigrants and other workers dug tunnels, built bridges, and laid track

Trail of Tears

most indians traveled 800 miles to Oklahoma, mainly on foot, called the _________

manifest destiny

the idea, popular among mid 19th century Americans, that it was right and the duty of the United States to rule North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Segregation

the legal or social representation of people of different races

Cherokee tribe

they challenged the Indian Removal Act but the supreme court ruled invalid

Secede

to withdraw formally from an association or alliance

diverse with both farms and industry, depended on free workers

Describe the Northern economy

based on just a few cash crops, mainly cotton, relied on slave labors

Describe the South economy

730,000

How many people came to the U.S. per year?

Mexican American War

Mexico ceded territory to the United States

1821, U.S.

Mexico gains independence in _____ from ____________.

U.S. Civil War

a conflict between Northern and Southern states of the United States over the issue of slavery, lasting from 1861 to 1865

Emancipation Proclamation

a declaration issued by U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in 1863, stating that all slaves in the confederate states were free

reconstruction

a period when Union troops occupied the South and enforced the constitutional protections

13th amendment

abolished slavery in the United States

Thomas Jefferson

bought the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803

Gadsden Purchase

bought the lower continental United States to it's present boundaries

Louisiana Purchase

doubled the size of the new republic and ended it's boundary to the Rocky Mountains