African American Life
This was a way for African Americans to try and make a living, continued the cycle of poverty
What is Sharecropping
How many buffalo roamed the Great Plains in 1856
What is 30 million
The ability govern yourself is known as?
What is Sovereignty
What was Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction plan called?
What is the 10% plan
Northerners that entered the south after the Civil War to make money were known as this
What were Carpetbaggers
This group was known for its use of intimidation tactics to keep freed blacks from voting
What is the Ku Klux Klan
This invention was used of this kept cattle from roaming in the Great Plains.
What is Barbed Wire
An early example of Native American loss of land was
The Trail of Tears
This group of norther congressmen pushed to punish the south and protect freedmen's rights
What were Radical Republicans
This economic event caused banks to fail and stopped reconstruction funding for programs in the south
What was the Panic or Economic Depression of 1873
Without Federal troops in the South blacks were kept from voting by?
What are literacy tests and intimidation
The term 'green gold' refers to
What are Trees
To become like the majority culture by adopting language, clothing and education
Assimilation
The goal / purpose of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to
What was to grant basic rights to the newly freed slaves
This was major compromise in the election of 1872
What was removal of Federal troops from the south
African Americans raised over $ 1 million after the Civil War for this purpose
What is Education
85
What was the number of buffalo left alive in 1889
1000's of Native Americans were forced off their land and relocated to these
What are reservations
A way for southern states to restrict the rights of the freedman was by using
What are the Black Codes
President Andrew Johnson withdrew his support for this African American relief agency and cut back then number of its agents in the south.
What was The Freedmen's Bureau
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments are often referred to as this
What are the Civil War amendments
This new chemical concoction allowed for ease in blasting through the Sierra Nevada mountains?
What is Nitroglycerine
7000 Native American warriors fought 700 federal government troops in this famous battle
What was the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Before being readmitted to the Union Radical Republicans required southern states to do this
Ratify the 14th amendment
This group was responsible for regulating Native American activities but often did not act in the best interests of Native Americans
What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs