Reconstruction
What was Lincoln's plan for the south after the Civil War
He wanted to offer amnesty to southern leadership and peacefully allow the southern states to return
Why did Southerners dislike reconstruction
What tanked Ulysses S. grants popularity
Rich gets richer/corruption
What were issues that native groups faced on the Great Plains
Settlement, food scarcity, corruption etc.
Why did workers have a difficult time unionizing
Business would threaten or fire people who attempted to unionize
What issues were the freed slaves facing
Black codes recreating slavery in a legal system
What are Black Codes
A series of legal codes persecuting black citizens
Election fraud, violence and convincing the southern population that rich whites back in power was better than black people getting rights
What issues led to native resistance groups
Massacres, lack of government payments and forced relocation by the military
What were the cons of the robber barons
Enviornmental impact, poor working conditions and price manipulation
What were Andrew Johnson's policies like as president
He wanted to harshly punish confederate leadership, but refused to enforce policies that protected the freed slaves
What were the KKK and other hate groups doing to the black and white republicans in the south at this point
Using acts of terrorism to discourage them from participating in the government
What was the compromise of 1877
Republicans get the presidency while southern democrats get the military to pull out of the south
What is assimilation
When you take a person or groups of people and have them forget their culture in favor of the culture that exists in society
What were the pros of the Titans of Industry
Economic growth of the US, philanthropy and the embodiment of the American Dream
What are the 13th and fourteenth amendments
13th: Slaves are free
14th: anyone born in the US is a citizen
What were the issues with child apprenticeships and annual contracts for the black populations
They would be treated as slaves instead of workers
What problem did republican politicians face after the collapse of reconstruction
What happened at the battle of little big horn
Colonial Custer charged without reinforcements leading his men into a massacre
Why was the US able to become an economic powerhouse
Abundance of natural resources, population boom and tariffs benefiting industrialization
What was military reconstruction like
The South was divided up into districts with a military governor assigned to protect reconstructionist politicians and the freed population
To protect themselves from terrorists militias what did republicans do
They created their own militias leading to violence in the south
What problems did the black farmers face after reconstruction ended
What is the Ghost Dance
A native ritual that is meant to one day force the settlers off their land and reunite the people with their ancestors
What is Laissez faire economics
An economic system reliant on less government regulation and business operating on it's own