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Category: Other
Updated: 20 Feb 2019
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Created byEmma Maxwell
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Millard Filmore
The 13th president of the USCompromise of 1850
Between the North and the SouthCalifornia admitted to Union
Admitted as a free stateFranklin Pierce
The 14th president of the USUncle Tom’s Cabin
Life under slaveryHarriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom's CabinGadsden Purchase
Current border between the US and MexicoKansas-Nebraska Act
Future of slavery among Western TerritoriesJames Buchanan
15th president of the USDred Scott v. Sandford
Also known as the Dred Scott caseHarpers Ferry
A town in West VirginiaAbraham Lincoln
16th president of the USJefferson Davis
Former President of the Confederate StatesFort Sumter
Two majors battles of the American Civil WarCivil War
War fought between the North and the SouthSand Creek Massacre
A massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho peopleEmancipation Proclamation
All people held as slaves would now be considered freeGettysburg Address
"Four score and seven years ago"William T. Sherman
US Civil War Army LeaderUlysses S. Grant
18th president of the USRobert E. Lee
An American confederate soldierHomestead Act
An applicant could acquire ownership of government landJohn Wilkes Booth
An actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln13th Amendment
Abolished slaveryAndrew Johnson
The 17th president of the USCivil Rights Act, 1866
Define citizenship in the US14th Amendment
All people are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessTranscontinental Railroad
Connected the entire east of the US to the west of the US15th Amendment
African American men the right to voteGreat Chicago Fire
The fire that lasted for 2 daysCivil Rights Act, 1875
Sometimes called the Enforcement ActCredit Mobilier Scandal
Damaged the careers of Gilded Age politiciansGeorge Custer
United States army officerLittle Big Horn
The Battle of Little Big HornSitting Bull
A leader of Hunkpapa LakotaRutherford B. Hayes
19th president of the US
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