Test 3 (Reconstruction) Flashcards
13 Ammendment
abolished slavery
Who told Texan slaves that they were free?
Gen. Granger
Desired a drastic change in S. Govnt
Thaddeus Stevens (Radical Rep.)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Declared anyone born in US a citizen
Guaranteed rights to any US citizen (not voting)
(vetoed and overrode)
14th Ammendment
required states to give equal citizenship to all citizens
“equal protection of the law”
Elections of 1866
Republics take full control of congress
Reconstruction Acts
- Divided former confederacy into five military districts and put Union troops there to keep order
- States required to ratify 14th amendment to be a part of the Union
Tenure of Office Act
Pres. must check with Senate before removing officials
Johnson broke the ___ Act when he tried to ___ ___ and was one vote short of being impeached
Tenure of Office Act
Sec. of War Edwin Stanton
Grant vs. ___
Horatio
15th Ammendment
all citizens vote
What black man replaced Jefferson Davis?
Hiram Revels
Who led the KKK?
Nathan Bedford Forrest “Grand Wizard”
Why did the KKK form and what was their goal?
As a response to N. imposition of reconstruction
Wanted to destroy Rep. party in S.
Panic of 1873
Economic depression that turned voters against republicans
Reedemers
S. Dems. use terrorism to subdue blacks and republic voters
Election of 1876
D: Samuel J Tiden vs R: Rutherford B Hayes
Tiden-wins pop. vote
Hayes- wins electoral vote
Compromise of 1877
- Dem accept Hayes as pres. BUT
- Rep agree to w/draw troops from S—reconstruction govnt falls
- States rewrite state constitution—overturn civil rights reform
Editor of Atlanta Constitution- Advacate for “New South” story of funeral. thought S. was too dependent on N. economy
Henry W Grady
Jim Crow Laws
destined to enforce separation of races
Poll Tax and Literacy Test
Black, one of the first millionaires
Madame C.J. Walker
Urges blacks to be economically independent
Discouraged protesting discrimination
Booker T. Wasington
Sought to end lynching of black slaves
urged blacks to lave hostile cities
Ida B. Wells
Govnt agency managed natives
Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA
Sand Creek Massacre
Cheyenne & Arapaho tribes want peace… men leave to hunt… Colonel John M. CHIVINGTON attacks… 200 killed (mostly women and children)
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Govnt breaks treaty for gold… SITTING BULL leads 2500 including CRAZY HORSE against GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER’s 600 men… US loss- no survivors
Last victory for Sioux
Wounded Knee
Sioux massacred by US after trying to take away firearms
End of Resistance
Geronimo escaped Apache reservation with 75 and raids settlements- surrender marks the end to violent resistance in the reservation system
Asked Rutherford B Hayes to let her people return
Thoc-me-tony (Sarah Winnemucca)
The Daws Act
Required native land to be surveyed (and sold off for farming?)
Homestead Act
a citizen can claim surveyed land up to 160 acres
Pacific Railway Act
Gave land to railroad companies to develop railroad line linking E to W coast
Morril Act
Granted 17mill acres to federal states and ordered the sale of the land to finance agricultural and engineering colleges
3 main groups move W
White Americans from E
Black Americans from S
Immigrants
Moving W offered a chance to escape what 3 things
poverty violence and persecution
Moving W offered what 2 things
farmers seeking fertile soil
Offered a chance to start over
3 new pieces of farming equiptment
“self binding” harvester
Stronger/sharper plows
The Combine
Cowboys moved cattle from…
TX to Missouri and Kansas
Why did the cattle boom end
barbed wire
oversaturated market
Location of first gold rush
Colorado
one of World’s Larges Silver mine
The Comstock Lode (Nevada)
3 cities that were originally mining camps
Denver, CO
Carson city, NV
Helena, MT
