Chapter 4-6 Study Guide

5. Law proposed by Stephen Douglas and passed by congress in 1854 that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to determine by referendum, whether or not to permit slavery (popular sovereignty).
9. a negative term for Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War.
10. president of the U.S during the Spanish-American War.
11. a system in which a farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of the land.
13. political, military,and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories.
15. led a volunteer cavalry, called the Rough Riders, in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
18. Who was an abolitionist/Editor who was killed in 1837 by a pro-slavery mob while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois.
19. founded in 1909 by both African-Americans and white supporters.
20. a negative term for a southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War.

1. treaty that ended the Spanish-American War.
2. U.S. battleship that blew up in Havana on February 15, 1898.
3. writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in government or business.
4. what opened in 1914 that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
6. Largest battle of the Civil War, lasting three days.
7. Who was a senator from Mississippi that became the President of the Confederate States of America.
8. _________ was the bloodiest single battle of the Civil War fought on September 17th, 1862.
12. On May 21,1856, pro-slavery invaders from Missouri pillaged Lawrence, Kansas.
14. a system in which a farmer tends to a portion of a planter's land in return for a share of the crop.
16. what was a British liner that was shot down by a German U-Boat in May 1915.
17. secret society formed by Confederate Veterans in 1865.