Biggest cause of death for Native Americans during colonization

Group who opposed slavery and increased sectionalism

Battle known as the turning point of Civil War

Abolished slavery except in prisons

The separation of people in public spaces based on race

Government before Constitution, failed because states had too much power

Invention with interchangeable parts, massively increased the demand for enslaved Africans

Lincoln frees some slaves to hurt South and strengthen Union Army

Granted citizenship and equal legal protection to African

System of labor that trapped poor farmers in cycle of poverty

US instigated this conflict to annex territory in Southwest and expand slavery

Supreme Court decided African Americans aren’t citizens and Congress can’t stop spread of slavery

Very bloody Northern victory, prompts Lincoln to issue Emancipation Proclamation

Granted African Americans right to vote

Laws passed by Southern states to enforce racial segregation

Strong supporters of the Constitution and strong central government during ratification

Compromises over expansion of slavery, included Fugitive Slave Law

Lincoln suspends this right to stop rebellion

Supporters of Reconstruction and haters of Johnson's leniency

Laws passed by Southern states to deny legal rights to African Americans

Division of power between federal government and states

Law to increase Western expansion by giving free land to white farmers

Northern strategy to blockade and strangle South

Organization that helped African Americans find work and obtain social services

Officially ends Reconstruction, federal soldiers leave South afterwards