Vocab
What is a carpetbagger?
A Northerner who moved to the South to get a government job after the Civil War
How did the government entice people to move west?
Often if they worked the land for five years, they could have it for free. It also sold for as little as $1.25 an acre.
What prevented states from denying black people the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
What defended civil rights?
the 14th Amendment
Who was known as the "Christian General"
General Oliver O. Howard
What was the name for when a person who decided to take the law into this own hands or is in agreement with doing so?
vigilante justice
What did the Railroads bring to the east? What did they bring to the west?
Railroads brought cattle to the east and people to the west.
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
It provided food and clothing to freed slaves and poor white Southerners, as well as setting up schools for black people.
Who were the leaders for the Native Americans at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
What is fraud?
the act of cheating to gain something unlawfully
Who did ranchers often have conflict with in the west?
Sheepherders
What outlawed slavery?
The 13th Amendment
What is segregation?a
Separating people based on their race, gender, or other differences.
Who was Chief Joseph?
He was a Christian and the leader of the Nez Perce tribe who was saddened by the fighting and injustice.
What is the name for a White Southerner who worked with Northerners during Reconstruction?
Scalawag
How did westward expansion bring opportunity to some people and injustice to others?
What laws did Southerners pass that limited the rights of black Americans?
The Black Codes
What was the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
Money that could be made from ranching unfortunately also attracted _____.
Outlaws.
What does it mean to impeach?
To accuse a public official of wrongdoing while in office
What were the three main reasons people moved to the west?
To become a miner, sodbuster, or Cowboy
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
These were laws passed by Democrats to segregate black people and discriminate against them.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
They were a group of people who attacked Republican officeholders. They especially targeted black Republican leaders, churches, and schools.
Who were the Five Civilized Tribes?
Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes