| A | B |
|---|
| Great Plains | has flatland that increases in elevation from east to west |
| Pacific | the ocean is to the west of the mainland of the US |
| Canadian Shield | it is wrapped around the Hudson Bay and contains some of the oldest rock formations in N. America |
| Midwest | the cities of Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis are in this region. |
| Non-Contiguous | Alaska and Hawaii |
| Rio Grande | the river that forms part of the border between Mexico and the US |
| discrimination | treat different |
| segregation | to seperate the races |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws that seperated the races |
| Black Codes | focused on limiting voting right for African Americans |
| Northeast | States such as Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
| 13th Amendment | ends slavery |
| 14th Amendment | deals with equal rights |
| 15th Amendment | dealth with voting |
| W.E.B. Dubois | co-found of the NAACP; believed in full rights for African Americans; did NOT think segregation was "ok" |
| Booker T. Washington | thought segregation was "ok", but believed African Americans needed to learn a trade (vocation) |
| 1924 | American Indians gains citizenship |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | passed by Congress that protected the citizenship rights of African Americans |
| Freedmen's Bureau | organization set up after the Civil War to help former slaves. |
| Lincoln | President during the Civil War. |
