| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Appomattoc Court House | General Lee and Grant met here, south surrendered |
| Reconstruction | Lincoln wanted to bring the states back to the union, included full amnesty too -- he had his 10% plan |
| Andrew Johnson | president after Lincoln died - pro-union sympathis/ not good for recontruction = thought rich were responsible so made it difficult for them |
| Tenure of Office Act | if the president wanted to fire someone he had to get permission from congress- used to impeach Johnson |
| Carpetbaggers | northern republicans who were eager to participate in state conventions |
| Scalawags | former condederates backed the union and supported reconstruction |
| Ten percent plan | states could rejoin the union if 10 % of residents swore loyalty to the union |
| wade davis bill | delay reconstrunction until the majority of white males in the state took loyalty oath -- vetoed by Lincoln |
| Freedmens bureau | Aided southerns who were homeless, educated blacks and established schools, helped settle arguments between whties and black |
| black codes | resembled slave codes - prevented blacks from socializing with whites |
| civil rights act of 1875 | stopped businesses that discriminated against balcks and served the public |
| jim crow | enforced laws of segregation, spearated railroad cars, schools public transportation |
| booker t washington | beleived that blacks should concentrate on achieving economic idependence, did not think violence was the answer but secretly supported it |
| compromise 1877 | democrats would accept Hayes as presidents, republicans would withdraw troops from the southern areas |
| morrill Act | 17 million acres of federal land given to the states for agriculture and colleges |
| homestead act | permitten ant citizen to select land and cultivate it |
| long drives | overland treks that covered hundreds of miles for a long time |
| bonanza farms | farms owned by large companies and operated like factories, eventually broken up into smaller farms |
| exodusters | blacks who went to the west trying to escape from persecution and discrimiation |
| comstock lode | worlds richest silver veins |
| Christopher Sholes | patented the typewriter - allowed people to create legible documents |
| alaska | William Seward negiated the purchase - gold was discovered here- Klondike Gold Rush |
| dawes general allotment act | indian lands must be surveyed, American Idian families would be given land for farming |
| sherman anti-trust act | outlawed monopolies and trusts hard to enforce |
| pessemer process | produced more steel in one day than any other old tecniques - WIlliam Kelly, Henry Bessemer |
| alexander graham bell | telephone - early telephones required operaters |
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