Vocabulary
U.S. federal agency established in 1865 to aid newly freed slaves and poor whites in the aftermath of the Civil War
Freedmen's Bureau
16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
Abraham Lincoln
Indian Removal Act
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned which two explorers to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean?
Lewis & Clark
this was the 19th century belief that the U.S. was divinely destined to expand across the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
carpetbagger
a Confederate sympathizer who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
this act allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands into individual plots, intended to encourage native peoples to assimilate into mainstream society
Dawes Act
America's first major land acquisition was the _____________ in 1803.
Louisiana Purchase
the period of American history from 1865-1877, following the Civil War, focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into American society
Reconstruction Era
a white southerner who supported the Republican party and Reconstruction-era policies following the Civil War
scalawag
Andrew Johnson
1864 massacre of a peaceful village of Cheyenne & Arapaho by the U.S. Army
Sand Creek Massacre
The majority of miners seeking gold in California made the trek across the U.S. in this year
1849
this amendment officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States
13th Amendment
U.S. law passed in 1862 that gave U.S. citizens and future citizens up to 160 acres of public land to cultivate if they lived and farmed on it for at least 5 years
Homestead Act
Ulysses S. Grant
1890 massacre in which approximately 300 Lakota Sioux were killed by the U.S. Army
Wounded Knee Massacre
This conflict was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution that resulted in Mexican troops reclaiming a mission near modern day San Antonio.
Battle of the Alamo
this name was given to African Americans who migrated from the South to the Great Plains, particularly Kansas, between 1870-1890, to escape racial violence and Jim Crow Laws
Exodusters
this amendment prohibits denying a person the right to vote based on their race
14th Amendment
19th President of the United States; a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings
Rutherford B. Hayes
a series of agreements between the U.S. and Native American tribes, most notably the 1868 treaty with the Lakota Sioux; the 1868 agreement was intended to establish the Great Sioux Reservation, which included the sacred Black Hills, in exchange for the tribes ceasing hostilities
Treaty of Fort Laramie
must reside continuously on the land for at least 5 years
must build a home on the land
must cultivate (farm) the land
This was the name of the Washington, D.C. theater in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play.
Ford's Theatre