The Civil War
The American Civil War ended in what year?
1865
What were Northerners who helped "rebuild" the South called?
Carpetbaggers
What 1866 act declared that all people born in the US(except Native Americans) were citizens?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
What is the 1st national park in America?
Yellowstone National Park
Who was the chief of the Sioux nation during the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Chief Crazy Horse
In what year did the Oklahoma Land Rush occur?
1889
What major event occurred right after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
What amendment gave every man the right to vote?
15th
Which former enslaved black American became the first to serve in Congress?
Joseph Rainey
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Which former enslaved American was the first to serve in Congress?
Joseph Rainey
What was made obsolete by the telegraph?
Pony Express
What organization provided food for freed slaves and poor southern families?
Freedmen's Bureau
What department was created to ensure the fair treatment of freedmen?
Department of Justice
Hiram Rhodes Revels was America's first black man in what position?
US Senator
What famous trail was used to drive Texas cattle to Abilene, Kansas?
Chisholm Trail
Which group of people were hired to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
Immigrants
Homestead Act
What group within the Republican Party wanted the government to control Reconstruction?
Radicals(Radical Republicans)
What were laws in Southern states that only black Americans had to follow called?
Which man founded the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T Washington
What are large sections of land set asides for Native American tribes?
Reservations
Who was the other Sioux hero at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull
What area is called the Breadbasket of America?
Great Plains
How many military districts were the Southern states divided into during Reconstruction?
5
What era did the Compromise of 1877 bring to an end?
Reconstruction
What act made Native Americans citizens of the United States?
Indian Citizenship Act
At what massacre were nearly 200 Native Americans killed by the US Army?
Wounded Knee Massacre
Which act broke up tribal lands for farming and ranching?
Dawes Act
Reconstruction was ended by what compromise?
Compromise of 1877