When Was It?
When was the Society of Indian Americans formed?
1913
What are some ways in which black people were targeted in the Mississippi black code?
Punished for owning a gun, denied the right to vote, & being sued for being unemployed (vagrancy)
What ended the Reconstruction Era?
The Compromise of 1877
What was at the heart of selling across states in the western economy?
The railroad
What state did Mormonism begin in?
Utah
When did the Western Frontier close?
1890
What was the general racist belief about native people during this time?
They were uneducated
What Act allowed men to claim federally owned land out west?
The Homestead Act
What did the majority of the Westward economy profit from?
Cattle & railroads
Who founded Mormonism?
Joseph Smith
When were the Indian Wars?
1609-1924
What did the Allotment Era do to native tribes?
Splintered reservations into a single family homestead, upended their lives & traditions, & gave native people reservations
What did the agreers to the Homestead Act get given?
160 acres of public land
What precious resource was notoriously mined for out West?
Gold
What two main things sparked the Indian Wars?
Buffalo killing & land subjugation
When did Western Expansion begin?
1803
What was the Mississippi black code truly about?
Regulating black people's behaviour
What act was central in the Allotment Era?
The Dawes Act
New animals were being found out west. What notable product was made from buffalo?
Hide belts
What illness had a devastating effect on native students in boarding schools?
Trachoma
When did the California Gold Rush start?
1848
What was the general attitude towards black people & natives during this era?
That they were lesser than, needed to be controlled, & that white people were better
What Act allowed for the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
The Pacific Railway Act
What key things drove people to explore the West?
The California Goldrush, The Homestead Act, & the lowered populations of natives on land
What religious belief was key in the reason behind westward expansion?
Manifest Destiny