History Exam Set 1
Dr. Mudd
helped booth and Herold when booth hurt his ankle but made them leave when he found out what booth did; didn't tell anyone that it was booth who murdered Lincoln
Lode Mining
mining a deposit of mineral buried in rock
Sodbusters
name given to Great Plains farmers because they had to break through so much thick soil, called sod, in order to farm
Homestead Act of 1862
this allowed a settler to acquire 160 acres by living on it for five years, improving it and paying about $30
John Wilkes Booth
was an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
Mary Surratt
was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln. 1st woman executed by US government (hanging)
Charles Goodnight
with his friend Oliver Loving, he created the Goodnight-Loving Trail, route for getting cattle from Texas ranches to beef markets in Wyoming
13th Amendment (1865)
Abolition of slavery w/o compensation for slave-owners
Freedmen's Bureau
1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs
Sitting Bull
American Indian chief, he lead the victory of Little Bighorn
Homer Plessy
Bought a train ticket (7/8th white) he sat in the white train car. He wanted to test the constitutionality of the law. Court case stated that states could separate the races as long as there equal facilities making segregation the law of the land unit 1954.
14th Amendment (1868)
Citizenship to everyone born in the U.S.
Memorial Day
Day of mourning for confederate soldiers who died in the civil war.
Overgrazing
Destruction of vegetation caused by too many grazing animals consuming the plants in a particular area so they cannot recover
Jim Crow Laws
Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
Frederic Remington, (1861-1909)
Painter and sculptor whose work romanticized the Old West. His works were action-packed and colorful, often containing heroic portrayals of cowboys, Indians, soldiers, prospectors and the settlers of the Great Plains. His paintings are admired for their unsentimental naturalism. - Two of his best known sculptures are Bronco Buster (1895) and Comin' Through the Rye (1902) in which four cowhands on horseback charge at the observer in glee.
Dodge City
a town in Kansas, known in the Old West for gunfights - acts as a metaphor today for when trouble is coming
Oliver Loving
created the goodnight-loving trail anand JA ranch in palo duro canyon consistig of over 1 million acres and 100,000 head of cattle
Beadle and Adams
Famous brand of dime novels.
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)
Hosted first Wild West show in Omaha, NB in 1883.
Belle Starr
Neither beautiful, nor virtuous, SHE was a desperado of the Wild West
W.E.B. DuBois
Opposed Booker T. Washington. Wanted social and political integration as well as higher education for 10% of African Americans-what he called a "Talented Tenth". Founder of the Niagara Movement which led to the creation of the NAACP.
Calamity Jane
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship
Annie Oakley
United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926)
15th Amendment (1870)
U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
Abilene
destination for those using the Chisholm Trail
Ned Buntline
dime novelist who wrote Buffalo Bill, the King of the Border Men in 1869, a popular novel creating a legendary figure from Buffalo Bill. It blurred the distinction between reality and make believe.