U.S. History Review

  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution
    The industrial Revolution took place in the 18th to 19th century where society was dominintly agicultural and rural but became industrialized.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    An agreement that the congress came to as a state, to permit slavery.
  • Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny
    belief that their mission was to expand their civilization and institutions across north America.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    a bill in 1854 that allowed settlers of a territory decide if slavery would be allowed within a new states border.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
    Abraham Lincoln created the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22. It said that if southern states didnt stop rebelling by January 1, 1863, the proclamation would go into effect. And they didnt stop.
  • Sherman's walk on sea

    Sherman's walk on sea
    in June of 1864, Sherman ordered an assault on Johnston's lines along the Kennesaw Mountain, and after hours of harsh battle, sherman called off the attack, losing thousands of men in a matter of a few hours. He learned that it was better to besiege the enemy and attack.
  • Ulysses S Grant

    Ulysses S Grant
    After a long campaign in Virginia, Grant accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9th, 1865.
    His presidency was labeled as corrupted after getting caught up in political scandals.
  • Lincoln's Assassanation

    Lincoln's Assassanation
    Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the US. Serving from March 1861 until his assassanation by John Wilkes Booth in April 1865.
  • Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee
    Robert Lee was an American soldier who was the commder of the confederate army of northern virginia in the civil war from 1862 until his surrender in 1865
  • Abolitionist

    Abolitionist
    abolitionist movement wanted to emancipation of all slaves and the ending of racial segregation.