Early Am. Hist
The written document that establishes the current government of the United States
What is the Constitution
When the Civil War occurred
What is 1861-1865
What railroad companies received for laying track
What is money and land
The Plains Native Americans were completely dependent on this animal to survive
What is the bison
The President who built the Panama Canal
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
The first document under which the United States was governed
What is the Articles of Confederation
The name of Lincoln's Vice President who took over when he was assassinated
What is Andrew Johnson
What changed as a result of the transcontinental railroad (two things)
What is loss of small craftsmen, availability of more food/fresh food, loss of Native American way of life/territory, great growth of business and monopolies
The violent Indian wars on the Plains lasted through the (give decade)
1870s
The President who established the first National Park (Yellowstone)
who is Ulysses S. Grant
The war that started colonialists moving towards the idea of fighting Britain together
The French and Indian War
How many of the slaves died as a result of the Civil War
What is one quarter
Who is Nelson Rockefeller
The battle in which the Lakota Sioux killed all of the US Army attackers
What is Custer's Last Stand or the Battle of the Little Bighorn (or the Greasy Grass)
The most common birth states for presidents between 1776 and 1920
What is Virginia and Ohio
The pamphlet that convinced many Americans to fight for full independence, and not just for more rights from Britain
The Compromise of 1877
Was when Rutherford B. Hayes received the presidency in return for ending Reconstruction
The man who built America's steel industry
Who is Andrew Carnegie
The names of the tribes that controlled the Southern Plains and the Northern Plains while the United States was controlling the east (be specific as to north and south)
South: Comanche, North: Lakota Sioux
Presidents who died in office between 1860 and 1900
Who are Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley
The first president of the United States, under the Articles of Confederation
What is John Hanson
What the 15th Amendment says
What is voting rights cannot be denied on account of race or condition of previous servitude
From the east: Union Pacific. From the west: Central Pacific
The Lakota Sioux Chief who led the Lakota to kill Custer
Who is Crazy Horse
who is Chester Arthur