Reconstruction
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Name the four Industry Giants and their industries
Cornelius Vanderbilt - railroads
Andrew Carnegie - steel
John D. Rockefeller - oil
J.P. Morgan - finance
What was another name for the "Weary Walkers" and who was their leader?
"Rough Riders" Teddy Roosevelt
What was the name of the popular trail on which cowboys drove the cattle?
Chisholm Trail
What is Teddy Roosevelt known for?
Panama Canal. Fun-loving president, "Rough Riders"
What three amendments to the constitution were passed during Reconstruction?
13th, 14th, 15th
What dangers did the companies face as they built the Transcontinental Railroad?
-mountains, explosives, Indian attacks, disease, extreme weather conditions
What was the Southern response to abolition?
Jim Crow Laws, KKK, "black codes" passed, left the country
Why were cowboys needed?
What brought their era to an end?
longhorn cattle in Texas were abundant, need people to drive them to railroad stations so they could be transported East and sold for $$$
once RRs extended South and barbed wire fences enclosed properties, Cowboys were no longer needed
What effect did the Spanish-American War have on America?
imperialism conflict in America, "Should America control other countries?"
Summarize what each of the three Amendments passed during Reconstruction did.
13th- abolished slaver
14th-full citizenship for blacks, etc.
15th-extended right to vote to African Americans
Give an important fact about Ida B. Wells, WEB DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and George Washington Carver
Ida B. Wells - journalist, fought against lynchings
WEB - civil rights activist, demanded equality without compromise
Booker T. - Tuskegee Institute, economic advancement
Carver - peanut research, transform Southern agriculture
What is "open door" policy?
policy where all nations have equal opportunity to trade in a region
Who were the three major leaders in the Battle of Little Bighorn and what side were they on?
General Custer - USA
Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse - Native Americans
Name 3 causes for the Spanish-American War
Cuba wants freedom from Spain & U.S. sympathizes
yellow journalism
USS Maine explodes and 260 Americans die
Who created the Freedman's Bureau and what did it do?
Congress
kept people from starving, opened schools in the South, helped newly freed African Americans and others in poverty in the South
Explain how the Giants of Industry are microcosms for the whole "Gilded Age"
-discuss their virtues and vices, compare to how the country was in economic prosperity but was corrupt, these men were making great innovative achievements in industry, but were corrupt, greedy, etc.
Explain the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case
-chose a man whose family was all European except great-grandmother
-sat in "white" railroad car
-fought for "separate but equal is unconstitutional"
-New Orleans judge Ferguson and the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional
Name 4 reasons why the Battle of Little Bighorn was fought
1. gold prospectors flocked to sacred Black Hills
2. U.S. broke land treaties as they expanded west
3. President Grant ordered all Sioux to reservations
4. white hunters killed buffalo
How does the Spanish-American War end? What territory does the U.S. gain?
Match the Plan to the Group/Person who proposed it:
Wade-Davis Bill President Abraham Lincoln
Ten Percent Plan President Andrew Johnson
Reconstruction Act Radical Republicans
Johnson Plan Republicans in Congress
Wade-Davis - Republicans in Congress
Ten Percent - Lincoln
Johnson - Johnson
Reconstruction Act - Radical Republicans
Name the two Railroad companies who were working on the Transcontinental Railroad, where they started from, and who worked on each, and why they were racing to lay track as fast as they could
Central Pacific - started in the West, 80% Chinese workers
Union Pacific - started in the East, ex-Confederates, Irish immigrants, former slaves
the Government promised land grant $ for miles of track laid
Give an Example from this section of history for the quote "It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas."
Answers vary. Could use Theodore Roosevelt's father
What is a "10 gallon hat"?
Describe Teddy Roosevelt's domestic and foreign policy.
"square deal" - equal and fair treatment, "trustbusting"
"carry a big stick" - like a global police, be strong to keep the peace