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amh 2020 test 1 University Of Central Florida Question and answers rated A+ amh 2020 test 1 Reconstruction - correct answer -period of federally-direct political and social reordering after civil war -military occupied south in response to "black codes" -13th, 14th, and 15th amendments pa...

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Reconstruction - correct answer ✔-period of federally-direct political and
social reordering after civil war
-military occupied south in response to "black codes"
-13th, 14th, and 15th amendments passed by congress, ending slavery, giving
citizenship, and allowing black males right to vote.


Lost Cause - correct answer ✔intellectual and literary movement to rewrite
history and redfeine confederacy as anglo-american resistance against
tyrannical gvt and the they had been defeated by superior material and man
power.


Compromise of 1877 - correct answer ✔unwritten deal that settled the
intensly disputed 1876 US presidential election, ended the reconstruction era.
-removal of all federal troops from the former confederate states
-appointment of atleast 1 southern democrat to Hayes' cabinet
-construction of another transcontinental railroad using Texas and Pacific in
the south
-legislation to help industrialize the south and get them back on their feet after
civil war losses.


Transcontinental railroad - correct answer ✔(1865-1869) congress passes
Pacific Railroad Act, promising subsidies and rewards to builders of rail line
linking east and west coasts.
-1865- construction begins from omaha and sacremento
-companies reciave 16-48k cash and 10 sq miles of land for mile laid
-May 10, 1869- railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah.

, Homestead Act - correct answer ✔(1862) - granted 160 acres of federal land
in west after 5 years of occupancy and construction of "improvement"


Battle of Little Bighorn - correct answer ✔aka: custer's last stand
-Lt. Col. George Custer leads ill-fated attack against numerically superior
natives. 268 US soldiers killed, 55 injured.


Chief Joseph - correct answer ✔(1877) - lead Nez Perce tribe on 1,170 mile
march to avoid relocation to reservation lands. Natives caught and forced to
surrender 50 miles short of Canadian border.


Wounded Knee - correct answer ✔-December 29, 1890
-Lakota leader, Sitting Bull, was killed in a scuffle with native police over
turning over his rifle.
-scuffle leads to US troops opening fire, killing 160 native men women and
children and 25 soldiers.
-Generally considered the last of the "Indian Wars"


Buffalo Soldiers - correct answer ✔-members of the US 10th cavalry
regiment of the US Army
-formed Sept 21, 1866 at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas
-served primarily in american south-west securing frontier and fighting native
tribes, subjected to racism in and out of military but established an
outstanding combat record.
-disbanded when military becomes integrated in 1947


Gilded Age - correct answer ✔(1860-1896) - an era of dramatic industrial
and urban growth characterized by loose gvt oversight over corporations,
which fostered unfetted capitalism and widespread political corruption

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