Reconstruction
Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests and Grandfather Clauses were used to
Prevent African Americans from exercising their rights to vote
What are Indian Reservations?
Specially designated plots of land where Native Americans were sent to live
What was trick or treating originally for?
It was believed that phantoms walked the earth on the night of Samhain, so people would dress up in costumes in an effort to repel the spirits
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
A railroad that crosses a continent
These laws created legal segregation throughout the South
Jim Crow Laws
Plan for Reconstruction that preferred bringing the South back into the Union over punishing the South
Lincoln's 10% plan,
When Native Americans came into conflict with white settlers, the US government forced the Native Americans to
Live on reservations
Where did Halloween come from?
How did the railroad encourage Westward expansion?
Makes it easier and cheaper for people to move and settle out west.
What was the Homestead Act?
An effort by the federal government to encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River 160 acres of land free, had to live on that land and farm it for 5 years.
This plan for Reconstruction preferred punishing the South over reuniting the country
Radical Republican's Plan, Wade Davis Bill
What was one effect that Westward Expansion had on Native Americans?
Native Americans had to be forcibly removed from their lands and in many cases slaughtered.
People say the White House is Haunted, True or False?
People like Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt etc had spotted Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln roaming the halls of the White House.
What was one negative effect of the Railroad?
The buffalo population significantly decreased. Native Americans forcibly displaced.
What were the Reconstruction Amendments? (13,14,15)
13: Abolished slavery 14: Every person born in the US is a citizen and is given equal protection of the law 15: extended voting rights to African American males over 21
This was an economic system where a landowner would lease out portions of their land to people, who would in return pay a share of their crops to the landowner
Sharecropping
The main difference between Native Americans hunting and killing buffalo and the killing of buffalo by American settlers was that
Native Americans used every part of the buffalo and only killed what they needed, and American settlers did not.
How old is Halloween?
Over 2000 years old!
Central and Union Pacific Railways
What was the Dawes Act?
Authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals.
How did the status of African Americans change after the end of Reconstruction?
African Americans faced increasing discrimination and segregation
Led Native Americans to victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn against Colonel Custer and the 7th U.S Calvary.
Sitting Bull
Who brought Halloween to America?
The Irish!
How did the Railroads impact the US economy?
Gives the ability to move people and goods cheaper and faster
The population growth in California and other western territories was a result of
The gold rush in the 1840's.