history test
what happened to the family fortune
1. they spent it all 2. the railroads lost profit
gentleman's agreement
1900 government of japan limited Japanese emigration to the US
Carlisle Indian School
A boarding school in Pennsylvania for Indians
who were the "carpetbaggers
Northerners who moved to the south after the war
who was the leader of the radical republicans
Thaddeus Stevens
who was George Armstrong Custer
US officer killed at little bighorn
the USS Yorktown saw combat in a war
WWII
Assimilation
a group adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture
sod house
a home made from sod or grass
a soddy was
a home made out of prairie turf
Chinese exclusion act
a law saying that Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourist, and government officials could enter the unites states
which of the following best describe the KKK
a secret society that used disguises when terrorizing african american
exodusters
african american who went south to kansas post-reconstruction years
Who were the exodusters?
african americans from the south who settled on the great plains
through which plane did immigrants arriving on the west coast pass before gaining entry into the united states
angel island
the USS yorktown picked up the astronauts from a famous space mission. name the mission
apollo 8
bonanza farms
big farm on which a single crop is grown
the Dawes Act was designed to benefit
both native americans and white settlers
Buffalo Bill wind west show
buffalo bill toured the country with the wind west show
whhat was one way the federal government supported farmers
by financing agricultural education
Chief Joseph
chief of the nez perce indians- fought with US army so they wouldnt be confined to the confederation- gave speech " i shall fight no more-- forever"
most famous race at the charlotte motor speedway
coca cola 600
main goal of the chinese exclusion act was to
decrease chinese immigration
the gettlemens agreement
decreased Japanese immigrations
Reconstruction continued after the us army soliders left the south
false
in te compromise of 1877, the democrat sam tiden was named the president
false
many former slaves worked their way out of poverty in the sharecropper system
false
sharecroppers were guaranteed price for their crops
false
the proposal of forty acres and a mule for newly freed slaves came from a mlitary order by general grant
false
when african americans first gained their voting rights, they rarely voted
false
most native americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the US govenrment by
ignoring the restrictions
john deere steel plow
invented the first steel plow- made it easier than other plows to slice through heavy soil
Ellis island
island in the bay of new York- served as entry point for immigrants
Jim Thrope/Pop Warner
jim was a famous athlete and pop was a famous coach- they beat west point- the best school.
which words best describe lincolns original plan for reconstruction
lenient
melting pot
mixture of people from different cultures
why did little of the free land offered by the homestead act end up being claimed by settlers
most of it was taken by people seeking profits
the way of life of the american cowboy cam directly from the influence of
native americans
which term refers to an overt favoritism toward native- born americans
nativism
immigrants
people from outside of US trying to come in the US
the civil war era Hunley submarine sank a ship in a Charleston harbor. why
profit of $50,000 and to end the union blockade
homestead act
provides 160 acres in the west to any citizen who was head of a household- purpose was to expand the country west
who created bonanza farms
railroad companies and investors
what is sitting Bull?
sioux chief that defeated custer at little bighorn
by the 1870, almost all immigrants traveled by
steamship
which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and plains indians
the Battle of Wounded Knee
why is fort sumter remembered?
the first shots of the civil war
the words equal protection under the law can be found in
the fourteenth amendment
battle of wounded knee
the us army killed men, women, and children
how did the introduction of the horse change the way of life of the plains indians
they were able to travel farther and hunt more efficiently
How did the Vanderbilt family become so rich
through shipping and railroads
what was the Dakota War of 1862?
took place in Minnesota and Indians attack settlers and ended in a the largest mass execution in US history
after the civil war, the southern economy recovered quickly
true
in the compromise of 1877 the us government agreed to remove its soliders form the south
true
jim crow laws were quickly established in all the southern states after reconstruction ended
true
president grant was considered to be an honest person, but his administation had many scandals
true
the KKK first formed in florida
true
the election of 1876 was vert close between the republican rutherford b. hayes and democrat sam tiden
true
the first african american senator was hiram revels from Mississippi
true
the forty acres and a mule was brought to an end and reversed by president johnosn
true
under the system of sharecropping, many former slaves provided labor on a farm in return for a per cent of the crop
true
Carlisle vs west point
two schools playing against each other. carlisle vs west point
angel island
west coast version of Ellis island
