Period Five

2. System where freedmen and poor whites farmed land in exchange for a share of the crops.
4. Agency providing assistance to freed slaves and poor whites post-Civil War.
6. 1846-1848 conflict resulting in U.S. acquisition of southwestern territories.
7. 1857 Supreme Court decision denying citizenship to African Americans.
8. Faction advocating for strict Reconstruction policies and civil rights for freedmen.
10. 1850 law requiring the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
13. 16th U.S. President who led the nation during the Civil War.
14. 1870 amendment prohibiting voting restrictions based on race.
16. 1863 declaration freeing slaves in Confederate states.
17. Belief in the inevitable U.S. expansion across North America.
18. Influential novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicting the horrors of slavery.
19. Laws in Southern states restricting the rights of African Americans.
20. 1863 speech by Lincoln emphasizing national unity and equality.

1. 1859 abolitionist attack on Harpers Ferry to incite a slave revolt.
3. 1854 law allowing territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
5. Post-Civil War era focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves.
9. 1868 amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law.
11. Series of laws intended to settle disputes over slavery in new territories.
12. 1865 constitutional amendment abolishing slavery in the United States.
15. 1861-1865 conflict between the Northern Union and Southern Confederacy.