Post Civil War Flashcards

Flashcards about post civil war events and reconstruction

Who was the first Black person to serve in the Senate?

Hiram Revels

Who was the first Black person to serve a full term in office?

Blanche K. Bruce

What was the purpose of the secret society that used fear and violence?

To deny rights to freed Black men and women

What was Reconstruction?

A period of healing for the United States after the Civil War

Who was Frederick Douglas?

A leading voice for African American rights

What were Frederick Douglas's key roles?

Abolitionist, politician, and escaped slave

Who offered the first plan for bringing the southern states back after the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

What was a criticism of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

Some members of Congress thought Lincoln was too lenient on the South

How did Abraham Lincoln die?

Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

What were the requirements of the Wade-Davis Bill for a state to rejoin the Union?

Pledge loyalty, exclude former Confederates, ban slavery

According to the Wade-Davis Bill, who could vote for delegates?

Only white males who swore they did not fight against the Union

What restriction did the Wade-Davis Bill put on former confederates?

Barred former confederates from holding public office

What was the 10% Plan?

Lincoln's first plan to bring the southern states back, proposed during the civil war.

What was the first step for Southern States to rejoin the Union under the 10% plan?

Voters in each southern state had to take an oath of loyalty to the union

Under the 10% plan, when could a state form a new government?

When 10% of voters in a state had taken an oath of loyalty

What was the Ku Klux Klan?

A secret society using fear and violence to deny rights to African Americans

What tactics did the Ku Klux Klan use?

Threats, beatings, killings, burning homes, schools, and churches

Who created the Freedman’s Bureau

Both Lincoln and Congress

Who were the homesteaders?

People who claimed and settled land under the Homestead Act of 1862

Who replaced Lincoln as president?

Andrew Johnson

Who supported the KKK?

Many democrats, planters, and other white southerners

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

To help African Americans adjust to life after slavery

What services did the Freedmen's Bureau provide?

Food, clothing, and medical care to poor southerners, especially those freed from slavery

Define corruption.

Dishonest or illegal use of authority

Define racially diverse.

A difference in culture/being different in more than one way

What is homesteading?

Settling land; Native Americans often found land unprofitable, so they sold them.

Define sharecropping.

System of farming where a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop

How did sharecropping work?

Landowners rented land to sharecroppers who gave a percentage of their crops

What were the drawbacks of sharecropping?

Landowners often demanded an unfair amount, leaving little to the sharecroppers; little better than slavery

Define stampede.

When something frightened the cattle, causing them to panic and run

Who was Joseph G. McCoy?

A great ranching entrepreneur for promoting transport of longhorn cattle from texas to the eastern united states

Who was Andrew Johnson?

Lincoln's vice president, a Southern democrat

Who was Chief Geronimo?

An Apache leader

What was the main food source for Native Americans?

Bison or buffalo

What did Bison or buffalo provide Native Americans?

Food, clothing, shelter, and tools

Which tribe was attacked by troops?

Cheyenne

Who was Sitting Bull?

A famous Sioux chief

What is the standard gauge for railroads?

4 feet 8.5 inches

Who attacked the Cheyenne?

John Chivington's troops

Who invented the Pullman sleeping car?

George M. Pullman

Who pioneered human flight?

Wilbur & Orville Wright

When did the Wright brothers successfully pilot their plane?

December 17, 1903

Who made the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

When was the telephone made?

1876

When did the Bell Telephone Company form?

1877

Who was Samuel Langley?

An American astronomer who built a model airplane powered by steam engine

Who wanted to build an inexpensive car that would last a lifetime?

Henry Ford

What was the Model T?

An early Ford car

What innovation did Henry Ford want to offer the public?

A car that anyone could afford to buy, drive, and keep in repair

Who created air brakes for trains?

George Westinghouse

Define shareholders.

People who invest in a company by buying stocks

Define entrepreneurs.

Person who starts a new business, introduces a new product, or improves a management technique

Define monopoly.

A market where there is only one provider of a good or service

Who was Andrew Carnegie?

A steel mogul who donated millions

What was the legislative response to monopolies?

Sherman Antitrust Act

What does Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act prohibit?

Monopolizing or trying to monopolize any part of trade or commerce

How was corn used in Native American culture?

Corn used in many types of food

What does corn symbolize in Native American culture?

Sustenance

What was corn for the Navajo people?

Primary staple and symbol of sustenance

What rights did the KKK try to deny?

Rights to freed Black men and women

What type of car did Henry Ford want to invent?

Inexpensive that would last a lifetime

What mode of transportation did George Pullman invent?

Pullman sleeping car

Name the town where the Wright brothers successfully piloted their plane.

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

What did the Freedman's Bureau give to those freed from slavery?

Food, clothing, and medical care

What did Sharecroppers give the landowner?

Percentage of their crops

What did Native Americans use every part of the buffalo for?

Food, clothing, shelter, and tools

Which political party was President Andrew Jackson (Johnson) a member of?

Democrat (and southerner)

What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

Legislative response to monopolies/to promote economic fairness and competitiveness and to regulate interstate commerce

What was one of the four sacred plants given to the Dine?

Corn

How does stampeding affect cattle?

Cause cattle to run and panic

How did troops led by John Chivington affect the Cheyenne tribe?

Attacked the Cheyenne tribe

How did Alexander Graham Bell change telephone accessibility?

By forming the Bell Telephone company in 1877 and selling thousands of phones.

What type of plane did American astronomer Samuel Langley build?

Model airplane powered by a steam engine.

What percentage of the automobiles did Ford make?

Ford accounted for half the automobiles on the road at the time.