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6 What is one way of grouping the 50 states? Northeast: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

7 What is one way of grouping the 50 states? Southeast: Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas

8 What is one way of grouping the 50 states? Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota

9 What is one way of grouping the 50 states? Southwest: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona

10 Rocky Mountains: Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho

11 What is one way of grouping the 50 states? Pacific: Washington, Oregon, California

12 What is one way of grouping the 50 states? Noncontiguous: Alaska Hawaii

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16 What are some examples of cities that historically have had political, economic, and/or cultural significance to the development of the United States? Northeast Cities: New York Boston Pittsburgh Philadelphia

17 What are some examples of cities that historically have had political, economic, and/or cultural significance to the development of the United States? Southeast Cities: Washington D.C. Atlanta New Orleans

18 What are some examples of cities that historically have had political, economic, and/or cultural significance to the development of the United States? Midwest Cities: Chicago Detroit St. Louis

19 What are some examples of cities that historically have had political, economic, and/or cultural significance to the development of the United States? Southwest Cities: San Antonio Santa Fe

20 Western (Rocky Mountain) Cities: Denver Salt Lake City

21 Pacific Cities: San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle

22 What are some examples of cities that historically have had political, economic, and/or cultural significance to the development of the United States? Noncontiguous Cities: Juneau Honolulu

23 United States Political Map

24 The Reconstruction Era 1865-1877

25 What are the basic provisions of the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States? The 13 th Amendment bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

26 What are the basic provisions of the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States? The 14 th Amendment grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.

27 What are the basic provisions of the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States? The 15 th Amendment ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. *These three amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens.

28 What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? Southern military leaders could not hold office. African Americans could hold public office.

29 What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which also authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement.

30 What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? Northern soldiers supervised the South. The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South.

31 What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? Southerners resented Northern “carpetbaggers,” who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction. Southern states adopted Black Codes to limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves.

32 What were the Reconstruction policies for the South? End of Reconstruction Reconstruction ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876 (Compromise of 1877). Federal troops were removed from the South. Rights that African Americans had gained were lost through “Jim Crow” laws.

33 What were the lasting impacts of the actions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass? Abraham Lincoln Reconstruction plan calling for reconciliation Preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South.

34 What were the lasting impacts of the actions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass? Robert E. Lee Urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to continue to fight Became president of Washington College, which is now known as Washington and Lee University

35 What were the lasting impacts of the actions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass? Frederick Douglass Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all


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