• City built on textile mills
• Used women in factories
  • Good for the women

• Closed when cotton stockpiles were sold

Historical Significance: it was significant becasue the Lowell Mills were so successful and this caused a city to be built solely on the mills and put the United States in direct competition with Britain

Who: man who slaughtered pro-slavery men in Kansas

What: Oct. 16, 1859 Brown led a group of 20 men on an anti-slavery raid

Historical Significance: this was the first time that a free black man tried fighting for the freedom of the slaves and stood up to the slave owners in the South

What: constitutional amendment outlawing slavery

When: created in 1865

Who: reformers such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Historical Significance: Lincoln supported this amendment and his form support for this amendment is a good indicator of his true feelings about slavery. Slavery was now illegal and the constitution said so.

What, Where, and When: July 1863, Congress passed national conscription law. Looting, fighting and lynching claim the lives of 105 people. Racial and class antagonisms fueled riot.

Historical Significance: this was significant because even though the north were against slavery, it did not necessarily mean that they were willing to risk their lives in a war for it

What: a shifting group of Republican congressmen, usually a substantial minority, who favored the abolition of slavery from the beginning of the Civil War and later advocated harsh treatment of the defeated South

When: 1865

Historical Significance: it was significant because these were men who were against slavery, and yet were alright with the mistreatment of white slave owners once the Civil War was over

What, When: the Congressional settling of th 1876 election which installed Republican Ritherford B. Hayes in the White ouse and gave Democrats control of all state governments in the south. It was a series of corrupt polititcians.

Historical Significance: This was significant because this is initially what took the Union troops out of the South after the Civil War and it took away the safety for the newly freed African American slaves

What, When: Agency established by Congress in March 1865 to provide social, educational, and economic services, advice, and protection to former slaves and destitute whites; lasted seven years

Historical Significance: this was the system that protected all of the freed slaves after the Civil War, but after HAyes was elected, it began to fall apart.

What, When: emerged as a potent political and social force during Reconstruction, trrorizing freed people and their white allies. From 1867-1875 when a civil law came out saying that discriminating like the KKK did was illegal

Historical Significance: this was the beginning of the horrible discrimination that black people for the next 150 years would face.

What, Where, and When: war fought betwween Mexico and the United States between 1846 and 1848 over control of territory in southwest North America

Historical Significance: With this war, the United States was able to extend its region by taking more of Mexico

What, When: decree announced by President Abraham Lincoln in September 1862 and formally issued on January 1, 1863, freeing slaves in all Confederate states still in rebellion

Historical Significance: this is significant because this is showing President Lincoln's loyalty to the cause for freeing slaves and would eventually lead to th creation of the Thirteenth Amendment

What, When: doctrine, first expressed in 1845, that the expansion of white Americans across the continent was inevitable and ordained by God

Historical Significance: this was signifcant because it was the start of the expansion of the United States and would also eventually lead to the south owning slaves 

What: book written meant to help compell the fight for an anti-slavery movement

Who: written by Harriet Beacher Stowe

When: 1852

Historical Significance: this marked the beginning of written works to help fight for the rights of slaves and later the rights of women too

 Who:  Grant did not talk. Grant was very calm and would not show anger. Grant was relaxed as far as war was concerned. Grant was more extinction for war. Into total war. Born in Pleasant Point, Ohio. Gets a hold of a hotel for him and his son , recognized people cheered. Commanded the largest army in the world. Good with horses. Went to West Point. Real name is Sam. Engaged and had 4 children together. Got drunk easily. Would only drink when his wife was not around. Great ability to concentrate very easily

Historical Significance: he was significant because he was the leader of the Union army throughout the Civil War and helped them win against the south. He also became president, but he was not a very good one.

Who: Won the unshakeable confidence of Jefferson Davis after inning so many defeat. Was called "Marsh Robert" or "Uncle Robert". Referred to the Union as "those people" rather than "the enemy". He was the leader of the Confederate army.

Historical Significance: he was the one who went toe-to-toe with Grant through the Civil War, but was not successful and lost it