Reconstruction
This individual's plan for Reconstruction was to accept Southern states back into the Union with 10% of the voters pledging allegiance to the United States.
Lincoln's Plan
This invention solved the problem of hard soil by making planting more easy.
Steel Plow
Laws in the South which limited the freedoms and opportunities of Freedmen after the Civil War
What is Black Codes
This was the primary food source of the Great Plains Indians.
Buffalo
This plan for Reconstruction forgave the Confederate leaders and welcomed the states back into the Union quickly
Johnson's Plan
This law gave people 160 acres of land in the western U.S. for filing an application and proving they "improved it"
The Homestead Act
This Amendment abolished slavery
What was the goal of the U.S. government wanted to "Americanize" Native Americans in the late 1800's. What is the term that describes this process?
Assimilation
This group wanted to punish the southern states harshly for leaving the Union and established military districts in the south
Radical Republicans
This invention benefited all those who settled in the west and helped bring cattle to market.
Railroads
This court case legalized segregation
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
This law divided up Native American land into individual plots to be sold off to white Americans.
The Dawes Act
This group provided food, shelter, healthcare, and built schools in the south following the Civil War
Freedmen's Bureau
The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad both show the United States’ belief in what idea?
Manifest Destiny
Which Amendment gave all men the right to vote?
What is the 15th Amendment
This technology devastated Native Americans and led to their defeat
Railroads
The name given to farmers who gave up most of their harvest in exchange for land, tools, and seed to grow crops.
Sharecroppers
This invention solved problem of unpredictable weather by speeding up harvesting
Mechanical Reaper
What did the 14th Amendment do?
It gave all citizens equal protection under the law (Made it illegal to discriminate)
U.S. soldiers massacred Native Americans at this location in Colorado.
Exodusters