Reconstruction & Western Frontier

1

100

These were former slaves who headed out west to escape racial violence in the South.

Exodusters

200

State and local laws that restricted the freedoms of African Americans and legalized segregation in the South.

Jim Crow Laws

300

• Increasingly began migrating to California in the 1850s

 • Worked in the mines

 • Made up a large percentage of workers on western end of Transcontinental Railroad

 • Set up large, thriving communities in the San Francisco area

The information is most closely associated with which immigrant group?

Chinese

400

An act created to keep Chinese from entering in the United States in the late 1800s and prevented Chinese immigrants from becoming U.S. citizens

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

500

Why did the Compromise of 1877 indirectly contribute to increased violence and discrimination in the South?

It removed federal troops that had enforced civil rights laws

2

100

This is where large land holding farmers divided their land, letting small farmers work it for a share of the crop yield.

Sharecropping

200

American Indian boarding schools were created to:

Assimilate Native American tribes into white culture; taught English, Christianity, hair was cut 

300

The Colorado militia attacked Native Americans who were under government protection and killed over 150 many of which were women and children.

Sand Creek Massacre

400

Morrill Act did what?

Gave federal land to establish agricultural schools out West; opened up access to higher education to more people

500

Name of the trail on the Great Plains is where most cattle traveled making their journey to Abilene, Texas.

Chisholm Trail

3

100

Name the ruling of the Plessy v. Ferguson

"Separate but Equal"

200

Type of racial public killing; without a trial

Lynching

300

Name two tactics that were to prohibit African Americans from voting in elections

Poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, violence, *grandfather clause

400

• Established by Congress in 1866
 • The first all-black army regiments created
   during peacetime
 • Promoted westward expansion by protecting
   settlers and building infrastructure

Which group is described in the chart?

Buffalo Soldiers

500

How did the Ghost Dance movement and the U.S. government’s response to it reveal tensions between cultural freedom and federal authority?

A. The movement promoted armed rebellion against the government

B. The government supported Native religious practices

C. Federal officials feared cultural unity could challenge government control

D. The movement was encouraged as part of assimilation efforts  

C. Federal officials feared cultural unity could challenge government control

4

100

What mineral was the Comstock Lode famous for producing?

Silver

200

Which two groups of immigrants often worked on the railroad?

Chinese and Irish

300

Name and define the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

13th - Abolish slavery

14th - Est. citizenship

15th - Granted voting rights

400

Who became president as a result of the Compromise of 1877?

Rutherford B. Hayes

500

The Nez Perce are best known for:

Trying to escape to Canada

5

100

A surprise attack on US troops by over 2500 warriors led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, led to the death of General Custer and his men.

Battle of Little Big Horn

200

Granted 160 acres of land on the Western Frontier, if they settled and farmed it for 5 years

Homestead Act

300

Which event by the United States government ended religious expression for the Sioux Nation and closed the American Frontier? 

Wounded Knee Massacre

400

Explain the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887

Dividing reservations into individual, infertile plots of land; a form of assimilation into Euro-American culture

500

One long-term impact of Reconstruction was: 

A. Immediate racial equality
B. Permanent federal control of the South
C. The rise of Jim Crow laws
D. End of racial conflict

C. The rise of Jim Crow laws