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What was a major point of contention between lawmakers who were deciding how to admit new states into the Union
Thirteenth Amendment
Gold Rush
Slavery vs. anti-slavery debate in the territories
Wade-Davis Bill
What was the name for American trappers who explored the Rocky Mountains in the early 1800s
Mountain Men
Frederick Douglass
Radical Republicans
Jim Crow
What was an early name of modern-day Texas
KKK
Scalawag
15th Amendment
Lone Star Republic
What was responsible for annexing most of the American southwest
Slavery
Treaty of Guadalupe
Gold Rush
Imperialism
What was responsible for the final piece of the American southwest
2nd Amendment
Know-nothing party
Gadsden Purchase
Literacy Test
What was a group of immigrants who became stuck in the Sierra Nevada mountains in winter and had to go to extreme lengths to survive
Investors
49ers
KKK
Donner Party
What finally ended slavery in the US
Fifth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Twentieth Amendment
Who were terrorized and killed by the thousands because of Gold Rush
Native Americans
Immigrants
Slaves
African Americans
Who believed that liberty was a natural right, granted at birth
Brigham Young
Frederick Douglass
Jim Crow
Lincoln
What was the nickname given to California gold-rushers
Lone Star Republic
15th Amendment
Wade-Davis Bill
49ers
Who were armed with far greater resources when the Civil War broke out
The East
The North
The South
The West
Who benefited from a developing factory system which brought workers and machines together into one building, which is why we have major cities
The East
The West
The North
The South
What was hard to maintain between free and slave states
The Balance of Power
Gold Rush
Remember the Alamo
Radical Republicans
What was a slogan that helped American into the Mexican-American War
Wade-Davis Bill
"Bear Flag Republic"
"Remember the Alamo"
What was anti-immigrant and rose during the mid-1800s
Radical Republicans
Know-Nothing Party
Lone Star Republic
What was an early name for modern-day California
"Bear Flag Republic"
Gadsden Purchase
Donner Party
Who justified their actions by stating that the Mexican government was weak
Mexican Americans
The Expansionists
Sharecroppers
Who wanted to outlaw slavery before the Civil War
Lawmakers
Scalawags
Abolitionists
Who wanted to punish the South.
Thew Radical Republicans
KKK
The Government
What was another form of slavery
15th Amendment
Gold Rush
Sharecropping
What intended to restrict the freedoms of African Americans/freed slaves.
Donner Party
Jim Crow laws
Wade Davis Bill
What was a plan to restrict former Confederate soldiers from holding public office
Imperialism
Pacific Railway Act
Wade- Davis Bill
What granted citizenship to all persons who are born on the American soil
14th Amendment
17th Amendment
9th Amendment
What is a law that exempts a person from following a law if they were born before the law was enacted
Pacific Railway Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Grandfather Clause
What plan asked for 10 percent of southern state voters to swear loyalty to the US in order to participate in the government
Lincolns 10 percent plan
Scalawag
18th Amendment
What granted former slaves, male, 21+ to vote
3rd Amendment
25th Amendment
15th Amendment
What is the process of making, passing, and enacting laws
Legislation
sharecropping
rebate
What was a derogatory term for Southerners who supported Republicans after the Civil War
Scalawag
Abolitionists
Expansionists
What test needed to see if someone could read and write before entering a polling booth
Imperialism Test
Literacy Test
Slavery Test
What is to bring charges against a public official?
To Impeach
To covey
To rebate
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