Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden-Tilden won the popular vote, but the electoral college vote was a tie. This led to Congress deciding who won the election.

• Election of 1876

• Compromise of 1877

• Reconstruction Election

• Freedman's Bureau

The deal that settled the 1876 presidential election; Hayes was given the presidency in exchange for ending Reconstruction by removing Federal Troops from the South.

• Election of 1876

• Compromise of 1877

• Reconstruction Election

• Freedman's Bureau

An illustration that shows a political opinion using words, symbols, and caricatures; everything in these drawings has a purpose to explain the artist's point of view.

• Modern Art

• Cubism

• Impressionism

• Political Cartoon

An exaggerated portrayal of someone's features; often used in political cartoons

• symbols

• caricature

• words

• photograph

A test administered as a condition for voting, often used to disenfranchise African Americans

• literacy test

• disenfranchise

• poll tax

• grandfather clause

A requirement that citizens pay money in order to vote; often used to disenfranchise African Americans

• literacy test

• disenfranchise

• poll tax

• grandfather clause

This only allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction; used to disenfranchise African Americans

• literacy test

• disenfranchise

• poll tax

• grandfather clause

The year when American Indians became citizens of the United States.

• 1865

• 1876

• 1896

• 1924

Invented by Joseph Glidden, it allowed farmers to fence their land without using a lot of wood

• barbed wire

• steel plows

• sod houses

• windmills

This important city in the Midwest region was home of the meat-packing industry.

• Chicago

• Boston

• New York City

• Pittsburgh