All Flashcards
When did the time period after the Civil War take place? (Ex: 1000-2000)
1865-1877
What was the time period immediately following the Civil War
Reconstruction
Who was president during this time period?
Andrew Johnson
Who were the only two presidents to ever be impeached?
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
What is the Legacy of Slavery?
Slaves are poor, not educated and not many financial oppurtunities.
How many slaves were freed from the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War?
4,000,000 slaves were freed
What does the law the south passed do?
The law discriminates blacks and keeps blacks from advancing
What supreme court case says “separate but equal” is ok
Plessy vs Ferguson
Which supreme court case says “separate but equal” is not ok?
Brown vs Board of Educations
What’s a transcontinental railroad?
A railroad that connects the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
What were the two purposes of building the railroad?
- To encourage people to settle in the West
2. Develop the economy
What two companies were given the task of building the railroad?
- Union Pacific
2. Central Pacific
Where would each companies start building?
Union Pacific started building in Omaha, Nebraska
Central Pacific as started building in Sacramento, California
What role did the Federal government have in building the railroad?
They funded a lot of the costs
Who did the Union and Central Pacific hire?
The Union Pacific hired workers f2f Ron various backgrounds.
Central Pacific hired Chinese men.
Why where there more railroads in the eastern hskf of the country than in the western half?
It was where all the people settled, the population was large and the east was very developed.
What do you think each timezone was name for?
The geographic features and where it was placed on the map
Why do tracks run east to west?
All the big states go inbetween.
By 1895, how many transcontinental railroads would be built?
5
Before railroads, what time system did the communities across America use?
Each community determinted its own time, it is called Solar Time
Who set up the timeone we have today?
The railroad companies.
What is our current timezone called and what timezone is WIsconsin in?
It is called Standard Time and Wisconsin is in Central time zone.
Who occupied the land in the Great Planes that the railroads crossed?
The Native Americans
Railroads brought two groups of people who clamed land in the West, name them.
Settlers and Native Americans
