Rank: 7th largest (87 percent of Nevada's land area is federally controlled) Highest elevation: Boundary Peak in Esmeralda County - 13,140 feet; Lowest elevation: On the Colorado River in Clark County - 470 feet; Nevada Nicknames. Battle-Born State; Sagebrush State; Silver State; The origin of the state's name is Spanish, meaning snow-capped. Facts About Nevada. The presence of Nevada's earliest inhabitants, beginning about 12,400 years ago, is marked by many petroglyphs and archaeological sites.
The modern Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s is often called a Second Reconstruction. Compare the legislative achievements and protest strategies of the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.ompare the legislative achievements and protest strategies of the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
(Answer #1). In many ways the Reconstruction era can be considered both a failure and a success. It was a success due to the fact that the United States could finally be called the United States again.It ended the separation between the North and South, and ended the South trying to separate themselves from the North.ue to the depression of the 1870's, reconstruction of the South was put on hold so others could focus on their own financial situation. The Democrats took hold of the House and came up with the 1877 Compromise, pulling federal troops out of the South. As a result, blacks would not truly gain equality until the 1960's.