Native American boarding schools that children were required to attend
100
What was the Pacific Railway Act?
Series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" in the U.S.
100
How did the Battle of Little Bighorn happen and who won?
Native American tribes had decided to go to war against the whites for their refusal to stay off of tribal lands and it was a major victory for the Native Americans
100
What is an example of a Push Factor?
Poverty, bad economy, debt
100
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
Federal agency designed to aid free slaves that relieved the South's immediate needs
200
What happened in Native American Assimilation Schools?
Forced to speak English, study standard subjects, attend church and leave tribal traditions behind including their parents.
200
What was the Morrill Land Grant?
Provided grants of lands to states to finance the establishment of colleges
200
How did the Sand Creek Massacre happen and who won?
700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a peaceful village
200
Give an example of a pull factor
Opportunity, democracy, freedom, more ways to make money
200
Who were the Radical Republicans?
Favored punishment and harsh Reconstruction for the South and advocated full citizen's rights for African Americans
300
What was cultural assimilation?
Assimilation effort by the U.S. to transform Native American culture to European-American.
300
What did the colleges specialize in?
Agriculture and the mechanical arts
300
What did the surviving Lakota do?
They fled but cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed
300
What did barbed wire do?
Kept cattle from wandering and it was a cheap invention, so it was convenient for farmers
300
Define Sharecropping
An agreement in which a worker provides farm labor in exchange for on-farm housing?
400
What did people force the Native Americans to do in the process of cultural assimilation?
Move into tiny reservations during westward expansion
400
What did the railroads do? (In a negative way)
Pushed many native tribes out to make room for the new railroad
400
What did the Lakota warriors do?
The ones who still had weapons began shooting back at the soldiers
400
What are cattle drives?
Process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually done by cowboys on horses
400
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Republicans promised to pull troops from the South if Hayes was elected.
500
Why did cultural assimilation anger many?
The land they currently inhabited was sacred and their customs were being taken from them forcefully.
500
How did the Pacific Railway Act work?
Authorized the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies
500
How did the Massacre at Wounded Knee begin?
A tribesman was reluctant to give up his gun and in the process a shot was fired
500
What did cowboys do?
Herded cattle, repaired fences and buildings and took care of the horses
500
Who were Southern Redeemers?
Southern governors that gradually cam back into power during Reconstruction and were extremely racist and established the Black Codes