Unit 1- Post Civil War: South & West Flashcards
(33 cards)
What is Reconstruction?
the rebuilding of the US after the Civil War
Why was rebuilding our nation so difficult?
everyone had different views on how to rebuild.
What two items did the radical Republicans want from reconstruction that were so different?
granting black people citizenship and allowing black men to vote.
What was the purpose of the Freedman’s bureau?
they provided necessities to blacks with new citizenship living in the US.
What were black codes?
regulations that kept black people restricted from the amount of freedom and rights they had.
What is the thirteenth amendment?
the abolishment of slavery
What is the fourteenth ammendment?
anyone born in the US or naturalized is granted citizenship and has all rights.
What is the fifteenth amendment?
all people, no matter their race, gender or religon, are allowed to vote.
Why was president Johnson impeached?
He didn’t follow the Tenure Office Act (firing Civil officers without senatorial approval) and fired one of his secretary.
What is impeachment?
The act of charging/removing a high official from office.
What is sharecropping?
Renting of land to former slaves, the farmers got to keep some share of the crop.
What were the enforcement Acts?
1-federal supervision of the election in southern states.
2- gave the president the power to send federal troops in areas where the KKK was active.
What was the compromise of 1877?
ended reconstruction in the south with the removal of federal troops.
What was the reservation system?
Plots of land assigned by the government for the native americans to live on.
What occurred at sand creek?
The Colorado governer asked the native Americans to make peace with them, but instead the US army attacked them.
What was the fetterman’s massacre?
Chief Red Cloud’s forces defeated a U.S. army detachment in Wyoming.
What occurred at Little Bighorn?
The commander of the seventh Calvary divided his forces and attacked the lakota and Cheyenne tribes camped at Little Bighorn.
What is assimliation?
Forcing one group to change more like the rest.
What is the Dawes Act?
They made native Americans farm land, but it turned out as a disaster because they were not good at it.
What occurred at the Battle of Wounded Knee?
The Lakota were told to stop doing the “Ghost Dance” by a government official. When they kept doing it, they saw it as a threat and were chased and killed by US troops.
What is placer mining?
Using hand equipment to mine (pickaxes, shovels, pans, etc.)
What were vigilante committees?
people who took the law into their own hands and punished wrongdoers. They were against the rule of law though, because they weren’t above the law.
What was the trade route that became important to the beef industry?
Chisholm Trail
What is long drive?
Where cattle could roam freely
