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These were former slaves who headed out west to escape racial violence in the South.
Exodusters
This is where large land holding farmers divided their land, letting small farmers work it for a share of the crop yield.
Sharecropping
Name the ruling of the Plessy v. Ferguson
"Separate but Equal"
What mineral was the Comstock Lode famous for producing?
Silver
A surprise attack on US troops by over 2500 warriors led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, led to the death of General Custer and his men.
Battle of Little Big Horn
State and local laws that restricted the freedoms of African Americans and legalized segregation in the South.
American Indian boarding schools were created to:
Assimilate Native American tribes into white culture; taught English, Christianity, hair was cut
Type of racial public killing; without a trial
Lynching
Which two groups of immigrants often worked on the railroad?
Chinese and Irish
Granted 160 acres of land on the Western Frontier, if they settled and farmed it for 5 years
Homestead Act
• Increasingly began migrating to California in the 1850s
• Worked in the mines
• Made up a large percentage of workers on western end of Transcontinental Railroad
• Set up large, thriving communities in the San Francisco area
The information is most closely associated with which immigrant group?
Chinese
Sand Creek Massacre
Name two tactics that were to prohibit African Americans from voting in elections
Poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, violence, *grandfather clause
Name and define the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
13th - Abolish slavery
14th - Est. citizenship
15th - Granted voting rights
Which event by the United States government ended religious expression for the Sioux Nation and closed the American Frontier?
Wounded Knee Massacre
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Morrill Act did what?
Gave federal land to establish agricultural schools out West; opened up access to higher education to more people
• Established by Congress in 1866
• The first all-black army regiments created
during peacetime
• Promoted westward expansion by protecting
settlers and building infrastructure
Which group is described in the chart?
Buffalo Soldiers
Who became president as a result of the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Explain the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887
Dividing reservations into individual, infertile plots of land; a form of assimilation into Euro-American culture
Why did the Compromise of 1877 indirectly contribute to increased violence and discrimination in the South?
It removed federal troops that had enforced civil rights laws
Name of the trail on the Great Plains is where most cattle traveled making their journey to Abilene, Texas.
Chisholm Trail
How did the Ghost Dance movement and the U.S. government’s response to it reveal tensions between cultural freedom and federal authority?
A. The movement promoted armed rebellion against the government
B. The government supported Native religious practices
C. Federal officials feared cultural unity could challenge government control
D. The movement was encouraged as part of assimilation efforts
C. Federal officials feared cultural unity could challenge government control
The Nez Perce are best known for:
Trying to escape to Canada
One long-term impact of Reconstruction was:
A. Immediate racial equality
B. Permanent federal control of the South
C. The rise of Jim Crow laws
D. End of racial conflict
C. The rise of Jim Crow laws