US History Vocab

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  1. 3. Executive order by Abraham Lincoln that allowed slaves to join the Union Army
  2. 5. Government system in which the citizens elect representatives to make decisions for us. This is the system the US uses.
  3. 7. A battle between the US army and the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes.
  4. 11. To adjust fully into another culture.
  5. 12. the Court case in which Dredd scott couldn't legally file a lawsuit because he was property, not a citizen.
  6. 13. Banned the colonies trading sugar and molasses with any countries besides Britan
  7. 14. When the confederate General Lee surrendered to General Grant, of the Union.
  8. 17. a government agency that set out to help freed slaves find employment
  9. 18. Commander in chief of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War, also the 1st President of the United States.
  10. 19. People that were AGAINST slavery during the Civil War.
  11. 20. Created the Indian Reservations.
  12. 22. made to provide federal funding for building railways across the US.
  13. 24. Document that declared the colonies' independence from Great Britan.
  14. 26. War between the USA and Mexico from 1846-1848
  15. 27. in charge of the artillery and fought in the Revolutionary War
  16. 29. Required the sale of ALL paper documents be marked with a stamp, which had to be payed for.
  17. 30. Amendment that allowed former slaves to vote.
  18. 31. Abraham Lincoln's assassin.
  19. 32. the forced relocation of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and other tribes from their native land in northern Georgia to a designated spot in Oklahoma.
Down
  1. 1. Comprised the first ten amendments to the constitution.
  2. 2. King of Great Britan during the Revolutionary War.
  3. 4. Amendment that declared Slavery fully illegal.
  4. 6. A battle in Virginia in which the French stepped in and helped the Union soldiers win.
  5. 8. Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
  6. 9. A set of laws in the confederate states that enforced racial segregation.
  7. 10. The popular trail that was used for settlers to move west. It ran from Independence, MI to Fort Vancouver.
  8. 15. Treaty that settled the Mexican American War; USA got northern chunk of Mexico.
  9. 16. To divide or break away
  10. 21. The horrific massacre of the Indian village of Sand Creek by the US army.
  11. 23. A chunk of land the US bought from the French in 1803 that covers the majority of the midwest.
  12. 25. Amendment that gave former slaves US citizenships and therefore constitutional rights.
  13. 28. Government system in which the citizens vote for every decision.