Mixed Bag
This Democrat campaigned again Grant in the 1872 election, but lost and became so exhausted afterwards that he died in a mental institution 3 weeks after the elections was decided.
Who is Horace Greeley?
This was the worst financial crisis American had seen up to this point, which was partially caused by 25 railroad companies that could no longer pay the interest on their loans which led to many people wanting to sell their stock with the unstable economy.
What is the Panic of 1873?
This man was given the nickname "Savior of the Union" before dying of throat cancer.
Who is U.S. Grant?
This man led the Battle of Little Bighorn against the Sioux tribe and all U.S. troops died in this battle.
Who is General George Custer?
90 percent of the employees of Central Pacific Railroad company starting out of Sacremento were of this origin.
What is Chinese?
During the Civil War, the federal government printed a lot of extra paper money to increase the supply, and the money became known as this term.
What are Greenbacks?
The 1872 Amnesty Act was passed by Congress contributed to Republican control in the south by pardoning 160,000 former ______________.
What are Confederates?
This famous author collaborated with U.S. Grant to write his final memoir in order to finance his family following his death.
Who is Mark Twain?
Gold was discovered in this territory in 1874 that was part of the Sioux reservation that the U.S. eventually claimed in order to mine gold.
What is the Dakota Territory?
The transcontinental railroad started the practice of standardizing this important practice for modern day for more efficiency.
What is standardized time?
This labor union, with the acronym NLU, was formed in 1866 to combat slums, long work days and poor working conditions.
What is the National Labor Union?
A large yellow fever outbreak (caused by mosquitoes) caused thousands of deaths and many to flee from this Tennessee town in the late 1800's.
What is Memphis, TN?
This man was credited with the phrase "Go West, young man" in an article who wrote published in the New York Tribune that encouraged thousands of immigrants to move west.
Who is Horace Greeley?
This famous Sioux chief led the Native Americans in the victory at Little Bighorn, later joining up with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.
Who is Sitting Bull?
What is Greenwich, England?
This railroad city in Kansas became a city known for the place to receive cattle on the cattle drives, receiving over 4 million cattle in the upcoming years.
What is Abilene, Kansas?
The election of this president led to the highest election turn out rate in history which became a highly contested election.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
This man, known as "The Commodore" was responsible for buying up many small railroad companies and consolidating them into big companies and later building Grand Central Station.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This famous Apache leader led many raids against Americans, who was later captured and became a follower of Jesus.
Who is Geronimo?
The commission that determined the outcome of the election of 1876 was compromised of this many members. Bonus if you know many from each party. :-)
What are 15 members (5 from Senate, 5 from House and 5 from Supreme Court)? 8 Reb. & 7 Dem.
This railroad company was hired by the government to start a railroad in Omaha to go west towards Sacramento, CA.
Who is Union Pacific?
This was known as the famous meeting between Republicans and Democrats that determined the outcome of the 1876 election.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes ran against this NY governor who was credited for shutting down Tammany Hall.
Who is Samuel J. Tilden?
The federal government kicked Native Americans off their land into these "areas" designated specifically for their tribes.
What are Indian reservations?
That last half of the 1800's was seen to be dominated by this political party.
What is the Republican party?