Reconstruction Ulysses S Grant Union General General Robert Lee Confederate General Confederate Army Southern Army Jefferson Davis Confederate President Union Army Northern Army Appamottox Court House Location of Confederate surrender Abraham Lincoln Union President Wade Davis Congress shall control rebuilding of the south vetoed by Lincoln John Wilkes Booth Assonates Lincoln Andrew Johnson President following Lincolns assignation Presidential Reconstruction President control rebuilding of the south Freedman s Bureau Designed to help slaves 13th 14th 15th Amendments Designed to help slaves Black codes Designed to reinvent slavery in the south Congressional Reconstruction Divides south into five military districts Carpetbaggers People who come to the south after the civil war in search of opportunity Ku Klux Klan Designed to terrorize Blacks Tenure of Office Act Required senate approval to remove an official from office Tilden Hayes Close election given to Hayes by special committee Secret deal reached that gives Hayes presidency but removes federal troops from the south Scallywags Those from the south who support the government The Way West George Custer Flamboyant U S General at the battle of Little Bighorn Transcontinental Railroad Connected Atlantic and Pacific coasts for the first time Central Pacific A section of the Transcontinental Railroad that linked California to Utah and connected to the Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad traveling east to west Began in Nebraska and ended in Utah connecting with the Central Pacific railroad Oliver Kelly Inventor of the Grange Silver Movement The idea that government should use silver to back paper money William Jennings Bryan Leader of the Silver Movement and Democratic nominee for president Gold Rush Brought settlers from all of the nation and the world in search of gold Homestead Act Gave 160 acres of land to settlers who agreed to farm the land for five years The grange A newsletter like communication with farmers Encouraged farmers to participate in socials and politics Greenback Party Favored paper money over a coin based system Little Bighorn Custer s last stand where he is defeated in foolish move Sherman Silver Act Populist Party Party which supported the silver movement Trail of Tears relocation and movement of Native Americans in the U S to Indian territory Buffalo Soldiers African American Soldiers The Rise of Industrial America Edwin Drake First to drill for Oil in the U S Roebuck Watch repairman who becomes partners with Sears then walks away Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telephone metal detector and breathing machine Thomas Edison Inventor of countless things including the voting machine phonograph movie projector and much more Isaac Singer invented the specialty store credit and sewing machine Gustavo Swift revolutionized the meat industry John D Rockefeller Dominated the oil industry by owning all the refineries Standard Oil Company Yellow Dog Contract Agreement between companies and employees that workers will not join labor unions Knights of Labor Labor organization aimed at ending child and convict labor Haymarket Riot massacre that began during a workers strike rally Sherman Anti Trust Designed to prevent monopolies National Labor Union Made to help workers and improve working conditions Congress of Industrial Organizations Industrial Workers of the World Ellis Island Gateway for numerous immigrants into the U S America 1877 1912 and the Automobile Louis Chevrolet Racecar driver who built only one car Dodge Brothers known for building tough cars Grabowsky Brothers founders of GMC Grabowsky Motor Company William Durant Founder of General Motors Studebaker Family started by making wooden wagons Ransom E Olds first to mass produce a car Federal Highway Act Called for the construction of thousands of mile of highway Henry Ford Invented the model T made practical cars The Age of Empire Purchase of Alaska U S purchase of Alaska from the Russians Queen Liliuokalani Ruler of Hawaii Grover Cleveland 22nd and 24th U S President Admiral Dewey Famous U S Admiral Remember the Maine Ship that was blown up off the coast of Cuba Monroe Doctrine United States will be supreme power in this hemisphere Manifest Destiny United States was destined to go coast to coast William Howard Taft 27th U S President Francisco Madero Best leader Mexico ever had Vera Cruz Famous Mexican battle where U S attacks port at Vera Cruz Pancho Villa American ally turned foe U S Filipino War Four year war caused by U S occupation of the Filipinas Dollar Diplomacy the idea that U S Diplomacy is based only on money World War I Archduke Franz Ferdinand His assassination resulted in the beginning of World War I Woodrow Wilson 28th U S President and leader during World War I U Boats German Submarines Lusitania British ship sunk by a German U Boat which resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand passengers William Jennings Bryan Secretary of State to President Woodrow Wilson who resigns before the U S joins World War I Colonel Edward House Tried to negotiate peace in Europe through diplomacy under President Woodrow Wilson Zimmerman Telegram A coded telegram sent to Mexico by Germany persuading them to join the war against the United States In return Mexico is promised U S land American Expeditionary Force The U S forces sent to Europe during World War I 14 Points Name given to the proposals of President Woodrow Wilson designed to establish lasting peace following World War I League of Nations Created as a result of Wilson s 14 Points allowed countries to settle problems using diplomacy rather than war Treaty of Versailles Peace treaty which required Germany to take full responsibility for World War I Edward Kerensky Former ruler of all the Russia s The 1920s the Great Depression Warren G Harding Ohio senator who becomes the 29th U S President likes to party Harry Daugherty Attorney General under Warren G Harding known for taking bribes for pardons Charles Forbes Head of Veterans agency under Harding arrested for illegally selling V A property Teapot Dome Scandal in which the U S Secretary of the Interior under Harding leased oil land to a major oil company in return for a bribe John Scopes A teacher in Dayton Tennessee charged with violating Tennessee s Butler Act which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools Sacco Vanzetti Two Italian anarchists tried convicted and executed Many believe they were not given a fair trial