Chapter 17/18 Quiz #1 - Crossword Scramble

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  1. 4. The number of wage earners in manufacturing and construction more than doubled, making the U.S.'s manufacturing economy 2nd to only ______.
  2. 8. The Depression of 1873 occurred largely due to the bubble created in the _____ industry from commercial overexpansion and defaulting on many of their bonds.
  3. 9. The U.S. military defeat at _____ gave Indian-haters the emotional ammunition to whip up even more public excitement and support of force and violence against the Sioux.
  4. 11. The mass slaughter of the _____ practically destroyed the Lakota and Sioux food source.
  5. 12. Passed in 1882, suspending Chinese immigration for 10 years largely due to anti-Chinese agitation and among western politicians and labor unions.
  6. 14. General Robert E. Lee and 28,000 troops surrender at the ______ Courthouse to General Ulysses Grant, ending the Civil War on April 9, 1965.
  7. 15. In 1877, the last federal troops withdrew from their southern posts, marking the end of the _____ era.
  8. 16. Indian tribes adapted to changing conditions in the U.S. in numerous ways -- escaping, avoiding, fighting, treaties, and even assimilation by the _____, who learned English, converted to Christianity, and established a constitutional republic of farmers.
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  1. 1. The excitement of potential landowners during the Oklahoma Land Rush is a sharp contrast to the despair and betrayal felt by the 5 _____, who were already there, having been forced into the Indian Territory by the federal government during the 1830s.
  2. 2. "Root, Hog or Die" represented the harsh Liberal Republican perspective supporting continued federal invention in the South.
  3. 3. Despite Chief Black Kettle holding up the U.S. flag and white truce banner, 700 Colorado Volunteers slaughtered 105 Cheyenne women, children, and men at what would become known as the _____.
  4. 4. The Treaty of Fort Laramie would be undermined by the discovery of _____ in the Black Hills.
  5. 5. The Union Pacific employed largely _____ and African Americans while the Central Pacific, who had a tougher time finding workers, recruited thousands of men from China.
  6. 6. The _____ (after returned and contested) were deadlocked between Hayes and Tilden during the Election of 1876.
  7. 7. After the Sioux leadership in the Indian Wars ended in 1877, the Apache, Kiowa and Comanche tribes banded together to hold out against federal troops. Many historians think they might have prevailed, had it not been for the denial of access to _____ sources.
  8. 10. The government funding of the transcontinental railroad provided the largest _____ in American history.
  9. 13. This was included in the southern concessions of the 1877 Compromise that meant the Republican president and congress members had to pursue a policy of noninterference in southern affairs.
  10. 16. The demise of _____ and his Nez Perce is symbolic the overall cycle of corruption, violence, betrayal, and dismissive attitude of the federal government towards natives around the country.