Unit 1 Study Guide: America 1800-1877

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Across
  1. 3. The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederate States were readmitted to the Union
  2. 7. First and only president of the Confederate States of America
  3. 11. An African American who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
  4. 15. Provided food clothing, hospitals, legal protection, and education to former slaves and poor whites
  5. 19. A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
  6. 22. Most successful conductor for the Underground Railroad; never lost a soul
  7. 23. Helped the Nation realize that it was one single Nation and not a bunch of individual states
  8. 25. Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
  9. 27. The movement to end slavery
  10. 28. Military leader that stood like a "stone wall" at the Battle of Bull Run
  11. 29. His main goal during the Civil War was to restore the Union; first Republican President
  12. 30. A system in which landowners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raise
Down
  1. 1. Considered the turning point for the Union in the Civil War
  2. 2. A law that called for Northerners to return escaping slaves back to Southern owners
  3. 4. A secret organization that used terriost tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy during Reconstruction
  4. 5. A policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
  5. 6. Prohibits the denial of voting right to people because of their race, color, or because they have been slaves
  6. 8. Makes all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws
  7. 9. A system of routes where runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states
  8. 10. American abolitionist and author that is best known for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
  9. 12. Commander of the Confederate army
  10. 13. A transaction where U.S. bought land from France for 15 million dollars
  11. 14. First bloodshed on the battlefield during the Civil War
  12. 16. An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines
  13. 17. Civil War veteran who becomes the 18th President of the U.S.
  14. 18. The 19th-century belief that the U.S. would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory
  15. 20. Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  16. 21. The bloodiest day in American history
  17. 24. Made California a free state and allowed popular sovereignty to take place in the New Mexico and Utah territories
  18. 26. White Southerners who joined the Republican party after the Civil War