History Unit Test (Civil War + Opening the West + Reconstruction)

Question 1

Great American Desert

Answer 1

land between the mississippi river and west coast prior 1860

Question 2

cornstock lode

Answer 2

400 million in gold found and mined in nevada that attracts settlers in the west

Question 3

cattle drives

Answer 3

refers to long drives in the late 1800s from texas to kansas rr to chicago then to the east coast meat industry

Question 4

barbed wire

Answer 4

used by sod busters to settle the great plains since wood was scarce

Question 5

frederick jackson turner

Answer 5

us historian had a frontier hypothjesis that said american frontier broke down social and class districts

Question 6

sitting bull

Answer 6

native american chief that led several battles against the us and won many battles for the sioux

Question 7

crazy horse

Answer 7

native american warrior that attacked the us military throughout the great plains

Question 8

general george custer

Answer 8

american colonel responsible for many indian wars during the late 1800s killed at the battle of little bighorn by crazy horse

Question 9

chief joseph

Answer 9

indian leader who led an attack north into canada before being defeated in 1877

Question 10

helen hunt jackson

Answer 10

assimilationist author who wrote a century of dishonor about the us indian relations in 1881

Question 11

dawes act 1887

Answer 11

broke up triebs and gave up to 160 acres and citizenship to any native american who lived on the land for 25 years

Question 12

ghost dance

Answer 12

native american religious ceremony suppressed by the us govt (led to wounded knee massacre)

Question 13

wounded knee

Answer 13

massacre of unarmed sioux during a military search

Question 14

new south

Answer 14

vision of a southern economy based on industry rather than agriculture

Question 15

indian reorgnaziation act

Answer 15

passed during the new deal by fdr that put reservation back together

Question 16

oklahama territory

Answer 16

former indian land made open for settlement in 1889

Question 17

carlisle school

Answer 17

one of several assimilationist schools set up to make natives more white

Question 18

copperheads

Answer 18

northeres who wanted to break away from south

Question 19

draft riots

Answer 19

riots where poor laborers attacked black people and wealthy white ppl

Question 20

7 days campaign

Answer 20

McClellan’s initial invasion of Virginia aimed at taking Richmond, the C.S.A. capital Miserable failure forcing Lincoln to fire McClellan for the first time.

Question 21

Trent (Slidell) Affair (late 1861