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67 Cards in this Set
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What did the 13th Amendment do?
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Abolish Slavery
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When was the 13th amendment created?
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1865
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Who was the final Confederate General in the Civil War?
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Robert E. Lee
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Who was the victorious Union General in the Civil War?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
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Appomattox Court House in Virginia
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When did Lee surrender to Grant?
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1865
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When was Lincoln assassinated?
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1865
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Who took over after Lincoln's assassination?
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Andrew Johnson
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What was included in Johnson's restoration plan?
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A plan to bring the south back into the Union, he issued pardons to most Confederates, and required states to ratify the 13th amendment.
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What were the black codes?
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Codes that twisted the law to limit the rights of freed blacks.
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What was the first state to establish a system of Black Codes?
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Mississippi
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What was the goal of the Freedman's Bureau?
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To help freed blacks find homes and jobs
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 grant?
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Granted citizenship to all people born in the US and granted freed slaves the right to own property, sue, and serve as witnesses.
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What did the 14th amendment do?
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Enforced the civil Rights Act, giving blacks the same rights as other races. Most southern states, however, rejected it.
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What was the Ku Klux Klan?
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A white supremacist group
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When was the Ku Klux Klan founded?
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1866
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What were the Military Reconstruction Acts?
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It divided the former Confederacy into 5 military districts. Each southern state was required to create new government and state constitutions before applying for readmission to the Union
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When was Nebraska granted statehood?
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1867
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What was the Tenure of Office Act?
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A law requiring the president to receive congressional approval before removing someone from office
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Describe how Alaska became a state.
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The US purchased it from Russia under direction of Secretary of State William Seward, but it's lack of "importance" gave it's purchase the name "Seward's Folly"
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What got Johnson impeached?
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He violated the Tenure of Office Act, firing Edwin Stanton from his Secretary of War job.
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When was Johnson impeached?
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1868
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When was Ulysses S. Grant elected?
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1868
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When was the first railroad created?
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1868
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Where was the first transcontinental railroad completed?
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Promontory Point, Utah
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Who were the two main causers of the financial panic of 1869?
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James Fisk and Jay Gould (they made an unsuccessful attempt to corner the U.S. gold market)
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When did Wyoming grant women's suffrage?
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1869
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What did the 15th Amendment do?
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Give black men the right to vote
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When were the last southern states readmitted into the union?
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1870
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Who was the first black senator?
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Hiram Rhoades Revels (Mississippi)
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What did the Enforcement Act do?
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Allow for intervention in the Ku Klux Klan
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What did the White v. Flood Supreme Court Case establish?
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A precedent for segregation in schools
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What did the Indian Appropriations Act do?
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Labeled all Native Americans as wards of U.S. government
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Who was William Marcy "Boss" Tweed?
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A politician who ran the corrupt political machine, exposed by the New York Times
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When was the Great Chicago Fire?
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1871
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What was the "greenback"?
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Federally-issued paper money
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What did the Amnesty Act do?
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Returned voting rights to most ex-confederates
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What was the first national park?
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Yellowstone
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What were the Slaughterhouse Cases?
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Cases that acknowledged authority of state governments over individuals, which limited effects of the 14th amendment
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What caused the Panic of 1873?
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Over-speculation of Railroads
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What occured at the Tompkins Square Riot?
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Police physically beat unemployed demonstrators
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Which scandal were Grant's associates indicted in?
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The Whiskey Ring Scandal
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do?
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Enacted pentalties for racial discrimination at inns, theaters, public transit, and other public places. It prevented discrimination in employment, and established the rights of African Americans to serve on juries
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Describe the Battle of Little Big Horn
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Indian Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated Gen. Custer's forces in Montana
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Who invented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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When was Colorado granted State Hood?
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1876
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Who was elected President in 1876?
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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What did the Hayes-Tilden Compromise do?
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Awarded Hayes presidency in return for the removal of troops from the south, ending reconstruction
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What did the Munn v. Illinois case decide?
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That private industries that affect the public are still subject to government regulation
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What riots occured in California in 1877?
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Anti-Chinese Riots
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Nez Perce
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Indian leader who's tribe in Idaho was forced onto Kansas reservations by the US
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What did the Desert Land Act do?
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Gave settlers cheap land in return for irrigation
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Reconstruction Era
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~1865-1877
~Lincoln and Radical Republicans clashed over plans for reconstruction ~13th-15th Amendments pass ~Railroad expansion facilitates movement between eastern and western regions ~Settlers attack and displace Native Americans |
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Gilded Age
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~1878-1900
~Era of Big Business ~Western frontier quickly grew --> Native Americans forced to assimilate or relocate ~Reconstruction policies leave African Americans behind ~Development of cites due to immigration |
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Timber and Stone Act
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Opened land in CA, OR, NV, and WA to be purchased by settlers
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Exoduster Migration
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Blacks moved to Kansas to escape democratic control of the south
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Bland-Allison Act
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Required purchase of silver by treasury
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Susan B. Anthony
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Women's suffrage activist
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Who invented the electric light bulb?
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Thomas Edison
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When was Garfield elected?
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1880
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Chester A. Arthur
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Became president in 1881 after Garfield's Assassination
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Booker T. Washington
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Principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, which provided vocational training for blacks
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Henry James
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Published The Portrait of a Lady
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Banned Chinese immigration for 10 years
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What did John D Rockefeller form?
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The Standard Oil Trust
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What effect did the Brooklyn Bridge have on NYC?
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It further increased the population expansion
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The Northern Pacific Railroad spanned from _______ to _______
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Chicago; Seattle
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