Go West
These factors made people want to move west.
discovery of gold, cowboy lore, dream of owning land
Westward Expansion impacted Native Ams in what way
treaties were made & broken, forced to move to lands far away, buffalo were overhunted- food source affected
This was created because the gov't needed people to move west.
Homestead Act
Congress passed the _________ in 1862 to fund higher education.
Morrill Land Grant Act
two tactics used in the South to prevent voting
poll taxes & literacy tests
This is the belief the contributed to westward expansion.
Manifest Destiny: Americans believe it is their right & duty to occupy the whole continent.
What did the US gov't use to encourage Natives to accept federal decisions?
assimilate, create treaties
Railroad Land Grant
This law guaranteed all citizens equal access to public places.
Dibble Civil Rights Act
This is how Jim Crow laws impacted black Americans.
segregation of public places, facilities worse than those for whites, white-owned businesses refused service to black Americans
Order of events for Battle of Wounded Knee
1. Natives from different tribes gather for Ghost Dance
2. Sitting Bull is killed in a clash while the US Army attempts to arrest him.
3. the 7th Cavalry kills 290 Lakota Sioux people
Claim: Speaking English prepares children for life in mainstream culture.
Result: Children will forget their tribal language if they are only allowed to speak English.
Gov't ensuring citizens had access to higher education (college & universities)
Morrill Land Grant Act
When did Reconstruction end & why?
1877- Hays made a deal with Southern states to get their votes so he could win the presidency
brought awareness & change by protesting lynching
March Church Terrell
According to the US Commissioner of Indian Affairs what major change affected the Sioux?
the loss of Buffalo
Claim: Children learn skills by working on farms during the summer.
Result: Children are not allowed to go home and visit their family.
How did the Dawes Act change native lives?
had to farm individual plots of land, unassigned land on reservations went to white settlers
Put these events in order
1. Reconstruction ends
2. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 passes
3. The Supreme Court rules "separate but equal"
4. Poll taxes and literacy test are established
4,3,2,1
believed organizations are the way to bring change- founded the NAACP
Ida Wells
US population changes 1880 to 1890 (you'll have a map)
great plains, southern California, southern Florida, Washington
Claim: Boarding schools prepare children for life outside of the reservations.
Result: Children who go to boarding schools have a hard time adjusting to life on or off of the reservation.
Why was the following clause put in the La Constitution 1898?
"...no male person who was on January 1, 1867, or at any date prior thereto, entitled to vote and no son or grandson of any such person not less than twenty-one years of age.... shall be denied the right to register to vote....."
Grandfather Clause to protect poor & illiterate white men
believed in equality immediately
WEB DuBois
believed in furthering education and business- slow to change social inequality
Booker T. Washington