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- Constitutional amendment adopted in 1865 that irrevocably abolished slavery throughout the US.
- Courthouse in which Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, marking the end of the Civil War.
- After Mexican independence, _____________________ influence in the borderlands increased.
- Problems for wagon travel across America to the Pacific coast included difficult terrain, attacks by________________________________ and the fact that the trip could take up to six months
- Fought in southern Pennsylvania, July 1-3, 1863; the Confederate defeat and the simultaneous loss at Vicksburg marked the military turning point of the Civil War.
- Grand bazaars that displayed military banners, uniforms, and other relics of the war, and sold goods to raise money for soldiers aid.
- American settlers in Texas did not trust Mexican leader ________________________________
- California, New Mexico, and Texas were all attractive places for Americans to settle because of theavailability of ________________ for ranching
- Law passed by congress July 1862 awarding proceeds from the sale of public lands to states for the establishment of agricultural colleges.
- A series of violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the Civil War.
- The ___________________________ was opposed to the annexation of Texas.
- Authorized Congress to grant 160 acres of public land to a western settler, who had to live on the land for five years to establish title.
- Republican term for northerners opposed to the Civil War; it derived from the same name given to the poisonous snake.
- Confederate strategy during the Civil War to withhold cotton from Europe to draw them into war.
- Union army general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south. The march was led to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning total warfare.
- The winner of the Election of 1844 was ___________________________
- A reformer and nurse of the nineteenth century, who founded the American Red Cross in the 1880s. She had organized nursing care for Union soldiers during the Civil War.
- The Mexican War started when American troops crossed the ___________________ River.
- The president of the Republic of Texas was _____________________________
- An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state