The Civil War
Plan developed by General Winfield Scott to surround the South and Squeeze them into submission.
The Anaconda Plan
Those who opposed Lincolns and Johnsons plans for readmitting the South back into the Union
Radical Republicans
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the United States East and West and made America a
True National Market
Many Indian tribes were pushed off of the indigenous lands and forced to relocate to _____________.
Reservations
Gave settlers 160 acres of free land if they would live on it for five years and farm.
The Homestead Act
Abolitionist who was sentenced to death by hanging for his raid on an arsenals at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
John Brown
Agency set up by the U.S. government to help the new freedman assimilate back into society.
The Freedman's Bureau
The two companies hired to build the Transcontinental Railroad were
Union and Central Pacific
In an attempt to eliminate the Reservation System, Congress passed the _______________. This gave Native Americans 160 acres of land to farm if they would live on it for 5 years.
The Dawes Act
The main reason for the drop in crop prices was
Overproduction
Supreme Court ruling that ruled, "Separate but Equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
Northerner who came to the South to rebuild following the Civil War
Carpetbagger
Union and Pacific Railroads made their money by selling ______________ given to them by the U.S. government
Land Grants
For Native Americans, the main source of food, shelter, and tools came from the _____________
Buffalo
The Populists believed that the free coinage of silver would increase the money available through ____________. This would raise farm prices and make farm loans easier to repay
Bimetallism
The Fugitive Slave Law was introduced via the
Compromise of 1850
Brought an end to Reconstruction by withdrawing Federal troops from the South
Compromise of 1877
Central and Pacific Railways meant at ____________ where the gold spike was nailed in as the last spike.
Promontory, Utah
An attempt to bring the Native Americans into American society by changing the way the dressed, learned and worshipped was called
Americanization or Assimilation
The Interstate Commerce Act was passed as a direct result of the
Wabash v. Illinois decision
Southern scheme to annex Cuba as a new slave state.
The Ostend Manifesto
Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating the
The Tenure of Office Act
Passed by Congress which allowed the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Pacific Railways Act
General Custer was surrounded by Sioux led by Crazy Horse. He and 700 hundred of his men were killed at
Little Big Horn
He gave the, "Cross of Gold" speech pushing for Bimetallism.
William Jennings Bryan