What was the name of the event in 1857, where a group of Mormons were accused of murdering a group of migrants?
Mountain Meadow Massacre
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Which president took over after Lincoln's assassination in April, 1865 and whose job it was to implement political reconstruction after the civil war?
Andrew Johnson
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What was the nickname given to northerners who would travel to the South after the civil war in order to seek their fortune?
Carpetbaggers
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What was the name of Southerners who voted for the Republican party after the civil war and largely stayed loyal to the Union?
Scallywags
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What was the name of the law introduced in 1862 where the government would give homesteaders 160 acres of land with the agreement that it would be farmed for at least five years?
Homesteaders Act
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The building of the transcontinental railroad meant that railroad companies desperately needed labour. How did the companies encourage people to move onto the plains in order to work for them?
Sold cheap land either side of the Railroad
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What did homesteaders burn as fuel in the absence of a supply of wood?
Buffalo Chips
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What did homesteaders build out of mud and grass in order to offer shelter from the harsh weather?
Sod Houses
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John Deere invented which new farming machine which helped break up tough soil.
Sodbuster
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By the late late 1860s, the US army were now launching 'winter campaigns'. Why were Indians particularly vulnerable to this?
Indians had to preserve supplies and travel as easily.
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Which new fashion commodity did people want from buffalo which encouraged people to hunt the buffalo?
Buffalo Hides
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What was the name of the new hunting method where people would shoot numerous buffalo with long range rifles?
A Stand
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What did homesteaders build out of mud and grass in order to offer shelter from the harsh weather?
Sod Houses
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Card 2
Front
Which president took over after Lincoln's assassination in April, 1865 and whose job it was to implement political reconstruction after the civil war?
Back
Andrew Johnson
Card 3
Front
What was the nickname given to northerners who would travel to the South after the civil war in order to seek their fortune?
Back
Card 4
Front
What was the name of Southerners who voted for the Republican party after the civil war and largely stayed loyal to the Union?
Back
Card 5
Front
What was the name of the law introduced in 1862 where the government would give homesteaders 160 acres of land with the agreement that it would be farmed for at least five years?
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