A | B |
dred scott decision | ruled slaves not citizens |
battle of gettysburg | turning point of civil war |
13th amendment | abolished slavery |
14th amendment | granted slaves citizenship |
15th amendment | right to vote cannot be denied because of race |
black codes | limited african american rights in the south |
Andrew Johnson | Reconstruction President |
Abraham Lincoln | Civil war President |
Great Migration | African Americans move from the South to the North |
Homestead Act | gve 160 acres to anyone willing to settle it |
compromise of 1877 | regulated Railroad monopolies |
Dawes Act | forced Native Americans to assimilate to American culture |