Native American Experience in West
THIS policy, although well-intentioned, meant the decline of Native American culture.
What was AMERICANIZATION?
THIS act promised settlers 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for five years.
What was the HOMESTEAD act.
THIS was the term for a national association of farmer's social clubs.
What is the GRANGE?
Of these two, who generally supported STATES rights more? (Northerners or Southerners)
Who were SOUTHERNERS?
During the war, the North had many advantages except for THIS (choose from list):
- Access to more railroads
- More industry
- Gifted military leaders
What is GIFTED MILITARY LEADERS?
THIS act, passed in 1887, differed from earlier federal Native American policies because it allowed Natives to claim former communal land as private property.
What was the DAWES ACT?
THIS allowed farmers to shop and transport their produce eastward.
What were RAILROADS?
Who were U.S. SENATORS?
The Dred Scott Supreme Court decision determined that African Americans were considered THIS.
What is PROPERTY?
The Anaconda plan hoped to do THIS to the South during the war.
What is blockade the Confederacy and prevent supplies from getting in.
The Cheyenne and THIS group of Native Americans lived on the Great Plains for centuries. As many of 200 of them were massacred at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
Who were the SIOUX?
Farmers built THESE type of houses, made from thick clumps of grass and soil cut into bricks.
What were SOD HOUSES?
THIS was passed by Congress and was the first federal law to regulate business practices. Railroads couldn't charge different rates for the same freight and distance.
What was the INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT OF 1887?
THIS proposed law, which Stephen Douglas supported, focused on the concept of popular sovereignty, allowing settlers to decide the issue of slavery in their territories.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Union gained control of the Mississippi River after THIS battle?
What was the BATTLE OF VICKSBURG?
What was the RESERVATION SYSTEM?
In the Great Plains, special plows were able to plow more deeply to preserve surface moisture. These techniques became known as THIS.
What is DRY FARMING?
THESE laws regulated railroad and grain-storage rates.
What are GRANGER LAWS?
What is JUDICIAL REVIEW?
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam to encourage freed slaves in the rebelling states to do THIS.
What is join the Union army?
With the completion of THIS, sharpshooters began shooting at massive herds of buffalo that roamed the plains.
What is the TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD?
THESE powered pumps that brought water to the surface to help irrigate farms in the Great Plains.
What are WINDMILLS?
William Jennings Bryan, in his famous Cross of Gold speech, said banking monopolies were attempting to "crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." He supported a policy of THIS in hopes of raising prices to make it easier for farmers to pay their debts.
What is BIMETALLISM?
The excerpt here is part of THIS major document that was issued on December 24, 1860.
"A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the U.S., whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery."
What is the SOUTH CAROLINA DECLARATION OF SECESSION?
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered a turning point in the War for THIS reason.
What is General Lee and the Confederate Army never advanced into the North again?