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Chapters 12-13: Reconstruction & West Flashcards

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emancipation proclamation

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freed slaved men

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freedman’s bureau

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1865, helped freed men and southern refugees with basic need such as school, food, and clothing

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3 plans for reconstruction

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Lincolns, Wade-Davis, and Johnson

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Lincoln’s plan:

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forgiven if pledged to the Union, state can rejoin if 10% of voters took an oath of loyalty

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Wade-Davis plan:

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congress, majority of white male citizens had to take an oath of loyalty, and decreased possibility of revolt

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Johnson plan:

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wealthy southerners have to apply for pardons, no set percentage of loyalty, refusal to pay off Confederate debts, a-polish slavery, and repeal recession

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pocket vote

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put away for 10 days until it died

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bill things

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president signs and becomes law; if vetoed, process starts over again

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Lincoln’s assassination:

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John Wilkes Booth; 1865; Ford’s Theatre; plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson and SOS William Steward

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Andrew Johnson

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democrat, southerner, not popular in congress

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black codes

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designed to keep freed men in slave-like conditions; law enforcement supported and enforced such laws; only written down

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Radical Republicans

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reshape southern society fast for freed men to bring change quickly

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Civil Rights Act

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protect freed men from black codes

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13th amendment

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freed slaves

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14th amendment

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granted all citizenship to freed men and all males

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15th amendment

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prohibited state government from denying the right to vote based on race

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Johnson’s impeachment

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Edward Staton fired, and violated 10 year act, 1 vote impeached but kept him in office

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scalawags

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Southerners who supported the Union

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carpetbaggers

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Northerners who moved down south for the rebirth

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Southern Homestead Act

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law set aside 45 million airs of government owned land for free farms to freed men and farmers

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sharecropping

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employer provides everything

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tenet farming

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renting pieces of land for farming

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croplein system

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supplies sold on credit, legal claims on debtors property

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enforcement act

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protect the right of voting for freed men, setting heavy penalties for anyone who interjected

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compromise of 1876

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Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden competed for president; Hayes won; independent replaced with republican; promised south to construct new railroads, control floods on the Mississippi, and removed federal troops

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Plains Indians

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different tribes; buffalo used for everything; white men wanted to kill off buffalo to move them

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hunting trains

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went to u=hunt buffalo, following until they reached a heard and shot at them

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reservations

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concentration camps for Indians

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Sand Creek Massacre

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Arapaho and Cheyenne; told to go to reservations; Black Kettle camped near Fort Lyon for believed government porection

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Colonel Chivington

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killed the Indians and Black Kettle escaped; led drunks and unemployed to attack; congress investigated and no punishment

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Battle of Little Bighorn

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June 25, 1876; Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull united in Montana; Colonel George A Custer led 3 columns to take Indians to reservations; 2,500 warriors; temporary victory for Sioux

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Nez Perce

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Oregon 1877; peaceful tribe, government forced onto reservations; young warriors killed; 4 white settlers; Canada; caught 40 miles out and surrendered; Chief Joseph

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ghost dance

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Wavoka, Paiute prophet; dance inspired spiritual awakening in dance is done with vests; chased white men away; buffalo prayed to come back; drank too much and had vision

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Wounded Knee

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Dec 29, 1890; troops led by James Forsyth; starving Sioux forced to turn in guns; gun went off and spiraled into gun fight; marked the end of major conflict for Indians and settlers

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bureau of Indian affairs

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erased indianship from Americanization; took children away, cut hair and clothes, only forced to speak English, Carlyle Indian Industrial School tried to beat out

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Dawes act of 1887

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required Indians to become landowners, become part of white civilization; eliminated most of tribal ownership; 160 acres to head of family; 80 acres to single orphan, 40 acres to independent child, gained full title in 25 years

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Comstock load

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Nevada gold mine, largest gold strike

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Klondike gold rush

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Yukon Territory, Canada, gold and silver, had to have a years worth of supplies

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placer mining

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allowed miners to pan for gold, but needed to dig

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hydraulic

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high pressure water

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hard rock mining

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cutting deep shafts in solid rock

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prospectors

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employees

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cattle boom

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Spanish forst ranchers, longhorns and sheep; meat demand in the East

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Joseph McCoy

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started Chisholm Trail from San Antonio to Abilene

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Joseph Glidden

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invented barbed wire

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homestead act

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160 acres to head of household over 21

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pacific railroad

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gave land to build railroad west

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morrel act

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land to states for building universities to do with agriculture and machine

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Oklahoma land rush

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1889; opened unassigned Indian land to settlers; 2 million acres

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Union Pacific

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Omaha, Nebraska; flat, civil war vets; west

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central pacific

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Sacramento, California; Chinese

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promontory summit

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Utah, May 18, 1869

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exodusters

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freed African American settlers migrating west

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European settlers move

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freedom of religion and identity

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dugouts

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homes built out of mud out of hillsides

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James Oliver

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invented the sharp edged bow

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Cyrus McOrmic

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the reaper, cuts down grains, 1847

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national grange

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first major farmers organization by Oliver Hudson Kelley, united famers

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Munn vs. Illinois

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state legislators right to regulate business involving public interest

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Wabash vs. Illinois

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federal government regulated railroad traffic

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farmers alliance

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practical equipment, needs, and lobbied banking

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colored farmers alliance

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advocated hard work and sacrifice in society

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populist party

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peoples party

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populist party platform

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supported national grange and alliance of farmers, labor leaders, and reformers

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1892 election

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populists took seats in office and congress

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panic of 1893

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depression, Cleveland focused on silver and cause of depression

67
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Sherman Silver act

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based on gold and silver

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