Religious fanatic who launched an attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

On April 12, 1861 at 4:30 AM Confederates launched an attack on this site starting the Civil War

A series of laws that restricted rights of freed slaves just after the war

A true rags-to-riches story, this man worked his way from poor immigrant to steel magnate

Journalists that exposed the public to hidden filth of society

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union

To keep trouble makers from fostering anti-war ideas Lincoln withheld this right.

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States are entitled to equal protection of the law"

Idea used by some in the to explain economic inequalities and promote laissez-faire

Transformed the method of election for US Senators to directly by the people

Deal established California as a free state

A three day battle that is considered to be the turning point of the war

States cannot keep a person from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

This tragedy that caused the deaths of 146 women workers led to changes in working conditions

Democrats are donkeys, Republicans are elephants, but Teddy Roosevelt chose this animal to represent the Progressive Party

Regulations established by states to block and obstruct the Fugitive Slave Act

President of the Confederacy

A Southern Republican, arrrr.

Led a powerful political machine in New York City that stole millions of dollars from the city

Established equal voting rights for women

She wrote a best-seller about the injustices of slavery

Northern Democrats that wanted to end the war peacefully

This group of legislators led the movement to override the presidential vetoes of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Reconstruction act

He was in favor of improving economic skills of African Americans and accepting segregation temporarily

The 16th Amendment allows the government to raise money through this unpopular action