FInal Flashcards
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
a land deal between the United States and France,Thomas Jefferson paid $15 million for the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
Lewis and Clark
to men sent on a mission to explore newly purchased western land
Who was Sacojoea
an indian woman who joined the Lewis and Clark expidishion to help guide
Fronteirsmen
men who tried to live in unsettled land. Often Hunters, trappers and traders
Where was Oregon Trail ended and started
Began in Missuri ended in Oregon
Ante-bellum
the period of time before the civil war
who went west
Lewis and Clark, Sacajoea, TrailBlazers, Af Am Slaves, Immigrants, Vaqueros, Women, Missionaries
cottage industry
a buissnes carried in a persons home
Urbinazation
when cities grow larger as more people began living and working in central areas
regional specilization
when different parts of the country focus on specific aspect of industry
famine
an extreme wide reaching food storage
how long did gettysburg last
3 days
who won gettysburg battle
union
battles within gettysburg
little round top, pickets charge(confederate)
john burns
70 year old that fought in gettysburg and survived
who won in vicksburg battle
union, they starved
who started the anaconda plan
general win field scott
what did william sherman beleive
total war: no rules
what happend at appamatix
robert E lee surendered to ulysis S grant
where is appamatics court house
Virginia
reconstruction
period after the war when they started to rebuild the nation
10
% plan
if 10% of a states citizens agreed to swear loyalty to union and end slavery
freedmens burow
welfare agency to help formaly enslaved peeps become full citizens
andrew johnson
inherited unstable country and the staggering task of trying to bring it together. His goal was to bring the Democratic Party back into power.
Black codes
laws that denied African Americans the right to vote. States prohibited marrying among blacks and whites and denied blacks to serve on juries. Northerners were mad
Military reconstruction AC
laws were passed to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans.
Who was in the MAW
USA and Mexico
when was the MAW
april 1846 -feb 1848
where was the MAW
Texas
why did they have the MAW
dipute from the rio grande and nueces river
transportation in Westward expansion
horse, stagecoach, railroad, steamboat, foot
manifest destiny
people thought that it was our destiny to go west wich grew america
what time period was westward expansion
1803-1890
who were the 49ers
people who went to the gold rush in 1849
what were the rules of westward exansion
must live there for 5 years
trail of tears
kicked NA out of there home and put them in oklahoma
how did texas join the US
Texans needed help from america/ 1849
what territory was settled in the 49th parallel
oregon city
mexican cession
california utah
why did we buy gadsden purchase
to complete the railline
what did they do at lewis and clark expidition
headed west to find the NW passage, Cataloged animals,maps,plants, found the pacific,
what was the biggest thing that made people come to america from europe
getting rich
what industry did the industrial rev take over and change
textile- anything made of woven fiber
irish settled on east coast because…
they were poor
what were the differences between irish and german
irish were poor and spoke english/Germans were rich and spoke german, more educated
how did the invention of the railroad affect th us
helped move goods and people, cut time in half, safer
how did the macormic reapor help settle the US
helped cut hay and farmers made more profit
what was morse code used for
used for the telegraph
why did industrialization happen more in englend
More ports, more population, more railroads, more tech
inventors
samuel slater- memorized blueprint factories ely whitney- made cotten gin
four ways transportation changed
canals,railroad,steamboat,rodes
immigration
comeing into a country
emigration
going out of a country
what did Aberham Lincon want
preserve the union
how did we deal with slavery at first
missuri comp 1850 comp
what did uncle toms cabin do to us
read the book and learned about the horrers of slavery
john brown
slave rebelion
what was the #1 thing that happend that caused the south to ceced
aberham lincon election
first scermish
fort sumpter
13th amendment
abolish slavery nation wide
14th amendment
citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the USA
15th amendment
prohibits states from alienating people from there race to vote
what did south have more of
farm land, home territory fighting, skilled soldiers, better leaders
