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| Freedman's Bureau | Congress created the ________________________in 1864 to help former slaves and poor whites find jobs, learn to read, and receive medical care. |
| Congressional Reconstruction | ____________________________ after the Civil War required former Confederate states to write new state constitutions, to ratify the 14th Amendment, and to allow African-Americans to vote in all southern states. |
| Mexican War | The ______________________ in 1846 was fought over the issue of Manifest Destiny, the achieving of a nation that spanned the American continent. |
| Dred Scott Decision | In 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the ___________________________that slaves were always property unless freed, slaves could not be U.S. citizens, and Congress could not outlaw slavery. |
| Chicago | ________________, Illinois, located on Lake Michigan, is important as a railroad and shipping center. |
| Rigid Social System | A slave based plantation system created a _________________________. |
| Robert E. Lee | __________________________said, “I will not raise my hand against my birthplace, my home, or my children…” when turning down the position of Commander of the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War. |
| Bleeding Kansasa | In 1856 John Brown started a killing spree between abolitionists and pro-slavery men in a campaign that became known as __________________________. |
| Manifest Destiny | ________________________________was the idea that the United States had the God-given right and obligation to take over as much land as possible and spread it’s civilizing influence. |
| Immigration | The act of moving from country to another, such as from England to the United States is ___________________________. |
| Legislative Branch or Congress | __________________________ passes laws, declares war, makes treaties and presidential appointments and is based on the same concepts as the English Parliament. |
| Executive Branch or President | ____________________________carries out the laws of the nation, appoints judges, and represents the United States in all instances, and is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. |
| Judicial Branch or Supreme and Federal Courts | ____________________________ interprets laws, can declare laws and executive actions unconstitutional. |
| Second National Bank | In 1816 the _____________________________was created to lend money to businesses and restore order to the national money supply. |
| Andrew Jackson | The 7th President of the United States,__________________________, was a former general during the War of 1812, and a very popular president. |
| Slavery | Jamestown, in colonial Virginia, was the first place where ____________ was used to increase tobacco production. |
| Louisiana Purchase | The ________________________________, bought in 1803 from France for $15 million, doubled the size of the United States. |
| Legislative Branch or Congress | The Executive branch of the government “checks” the ____________________ branch with a veto of a law. |
| Executive Branch or President | The Legislative branch of the government “checks” the _______________________ |
| Judicial Branch | The Legislative branch of the government “checks” the ____________________ branch by removing misbehaving judges, or proposing changes to the Constitution. |
