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.
Prompt: What were the long-term economic, social, and political effects of Reconstruction? The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts, segregation, and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction. After the Civil War, African Americans were free but with no place to live in or to work at, they settled with their former âmastersâ. African Americans were technically free, but no one wanted to hire a colored man, so they were put on crop lien work contracts.