Reconstruction
Westeard Expansion
Key Figures
Economic Issues
Legacy
100
* This 1877 agreement ended Reconstruction and withdrew federal troops from the South.
Compromise of 1877
100
* This 1862 act encouraged settlement of the West by offering 160 acres of land to homesteaders.
The Homestead Act
100
* This president's assassination in 1865 led to a more lenient Reconstruction policy under his successor.
Andrew Johnson
100
* This economic philosophy advocated for the use of both gold and silver as monetary standards.
Bimetallism
100
* These segregation laws, established in the post-Reconstruction South, enforced racial discrimination.
Black Codes
200
* This government agency provided education, healthcare, and legal assistance to formerly enslaved people.
Freedmen's Bureau
200
* This transcontinental project, completed in 1869, connected the East and West coasts by rail.
Pacific Railway Act
200
* This Lakota chief led his people in resistance against U.S. expansion and won a significant victory at Little Bighorn.
Crazy Horse
200
These cycles that characterized the development of many Western mining towns.
Boom and Bust cycles
200
* This environmental consequence of westward expansion nearly led to the extinction of this iconic American animal.
Buffalo
300
* This president was impeached during Reconstruction but acquitted by one vote.
Andrew Johnson
300
* This 1887 act aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual allotments.
Dawes Act
300
* This Democratic presidential candidate gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech, advocating for free silver.
Willliam Jennings Bryan
300
* This industry's open range system came to an end with the spread of barbed wire fencing
Long Drives
300
* This economic shift saw the United States emerge as a major industrial power by the end of the 19th century.
Industrialization
400
* These discriminatory laws enacted by Southern states restricted the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
Black Codes
400
This conflict, also known as Custer's Last Stand, saw the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes defeat U.S. forces.
Battle at Little Big Horn
400
This inventor's barbed wire design revolutionized farming and ranching in the West.
Joseph Glidden
400
* This political party, formed in 1891, represented farmers' and workers' interests against big business.
Populsit Party
400
Indain Boarding Schools
500
* These three Constitutional amendments were passed during Reconstruction.
13th, 14th & 15th
500
* This theory, proposed by Frederick Jackson Turner, suggested that the American frontier shaped the nation's character.
Frontier Thesis
500
Leader of the Farner's Alliance, a.k.a The Grange
Oliver Kelly
500
* This term refers to the practice of charging higher shipping rates for shorter distances than for longer distances, which angered many farmers.
Long haul vs. short haul
500
This political consequence of westward expansion led to the admission of several new states to the Union between 1865 and 1890.
The Gold Rush