Reconstruction
It's the organization set up in 1865 to help former slaves adjust to freedom.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
This is the idea that the United States should expand all the way across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
They were the group of immigrants who mostly built the Central Pacific RR from California to Utah.
Who are the Chinese?
This is the name for towns that practically disappeared after all the gold was found.
What are Ghost Towns?
He famously died after getting shot while playing poker. He was holding 2 black Aces and 2 black 8s, now known as the Dead Man's Hand.
Who was Wild Bill Hickok?
He was the President who planned on being lenient on the southern states, but was assassinated.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Starting in the 1840s, many people traveled west along this famous trail.
What is the Oregon Trail?
They were the group of immigrants who mostly built the Union Pacific RR from Nebraska to Utah.
Who are the Irish?
This was the nickname for the miners who rushed to California in search of Gold.
What is "Forty-Niners"?
He was an infamous outlaw who was killed by his disloyal cousin, Robert "Bob" Ford.
Who was Jesse James?
These were racist laws in southern states that attempted to restrict the new rights of African Americans.
What were Black Codes?
In 1803, this event doubled the land area of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Dynamite and nitroglycerine were used to blast tunnels through these mountains.
What are the Sierra Nevadas?
This is the name for the towns that grew quickly following a gold deposit discovery.
What are Boomtowns?
He was a lawman, most famous for his involvement in the "Gunfight at the OK Corral."
Who is Wyatt Earp?
This was the Amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States. (hint - 13th, 14th, or 15th)
What is the 13th Amendment?
This event led people from all over the world to move to California in the late 1840s.
What is the Gold Rush?
This was the nickname given to the trains by Native Americans.
What is "Iron Horse"?
This was the original method for finding gold at the beginning of the Gold Rush.
What is Panning?
He began his life of crime when he was only 15 years old and he was shot dead by Pat Garrett at the age of 21.
Who is Billy the Kid?
This was the Amendment that gave all male citizens, regardless of race, the right to vote. (Hint 13th, 14th, or 15th)
What is the 15th Amendment?
This was the last great fighting victory by Native Americans during the Indian Wars. (hint, the battle has 2 names)
What is the 'Battle of Little Big Horn' or 'Custer's Last Stand'.
Before the railroad, traveling across the country took up to 6 months. After the railroad, it only took this long.
What is 6 days?
This was the place where gold was first discovered in California.
What is John Sutter's Mill?
He was a dentist that moved west after contracting tuberculosis and became famous for his friendship with Wyatt Earp.
Who was Doc Holliday?