reconstruction
what agreement brought an end to Reconstruction?
compromise of 1877
what did the civil rights act of 1877 grant?
citizenship to all bprn in the US unless they were indians who still lived in tribes
first to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
who took over after the pony express went out of business and what did they do?
Wells Fargo; they carried mail, people and operated banks
who invented the telegraph
Samuel Moorse
what was formed by Congress to provide for freedom slaves and any poor Southern family for one year?
Freedmen"s bureau
freedmen were declared ________ by the 14th amendment.
citizens
set aside land for Yellowstone national park
Ulysses S. Grant
range wars
what was Custer's last stand called?
Battle of Little Bighorn
what act divided the south into 5 military districts to aid in recovery from the civil war?
reconstruction act of 1867
15th amendment granted ______ rights to all "regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
voting
appointed by the compromise of 1877
Rutherford B Hayes
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
what was herding cattle to the nearest cow town called?
cattle driving
america's first national park (by Ulysses S grant)
Yellowstone
what would you call someone who farmed on someone else's land to get some of the profit?
sharecropper
what act declared native Americans citizens?
Indian Citizenship Act
first black American senator in the US
Hiram Rhodes Revels
the cattle trail from Texas to Kansas was called...
chisholm trail
lands not assigned to native tribes were called?
unassigned lands
what was the practice of separating people by skin color called?
segregation
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
what act allowed settlers to claim land for a low price as long as they agreed to improve and live on it for at least 5 years?
homestead act
first formarly enslaved black US Representative
Joseph Rainey
what state did the transcontinental railroad meet in?
Utah specifically in Promontory Summit
what state was the land rush to?
Oklahoma