Important Names
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
What was the rebuilding of the Southern States after the Civil War called?
Reconstruction
Which agreement in Congress brought an end to Reconstruction?
Which battle was led by Chief Crazy Horse in which an entire unite of U.S. soldiers died (also called Custer's Last Stand)?
Battle of Little Bighorn
What was a town with a railroad to transport cattle?
Cow town
Who was an educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
Who were Northern businessmen who traveled south to help rebuild the Southern economy?
Carpetbaggers
What was America's first national park?
Yellowstone National Park
Which law made Native Americans citizens of the United States?
Indian Citizenship Act
Who were men hired by a rancher to care for cattle?
American cowboys
Who was the first black American to serve in Congress?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Who was a person who farmed for a landowner to receive part of the crop profit?
Sharecropper
What was the central prairie area called the "Breadbasket of America"?
Great Plains
Who was the leader of the Sioux nation during the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Chief Crazy Horse
What was the process of herding cattle to the nearest cow town?
Samuel Morse
Which law broke up tribal lands into separate plots and offered them to anyone who would take up farming or ranching?
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Which law made large areas of land available to Native Americans?
Indian Reorganization Act
What was the trail for cattle drives from Texas to Abilene, Kansas?
Chisholm Trail
Which company operated banks, carried mail, and offered travel in the West by stagecoach?
Wells Fargo
What is the practice of separating people by skin color?
Where was the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
Promontory Summit, Utah
Which incident happened in 1890 in which over 200 Native Americans were killed by the U.S. Army?
What were fights between western farmers and ranchers over grazing and water rights?
Range wars