Reconstruction Acts & Amendments
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
14th
The battle/event that officially ended the Civil War, leading to Reconstruction
The surrender at Appomattox Court House?
This federal law encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of land to farm.
Homestead Act
This term describes the process of integrating Native Americans into American society, often against their will.
assimilation
This group faced discrimination and violence as they migrated to the U.S. during the 19th century.
Chinese Immigrants
This Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine.
This president proposed a lenient plan for Reconstruction, which aimed to reunite the nation quickly.
Lincoln
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and led to significant territorial changes, the US gained much of the southwest territory, this land was home to Mexican citizens and Native Americans
Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
This educational institution sought to assimilate Native American children into American culture.
Carlisle Indian School
This woman was a key figure in the women's suffrage movement, advocating for equal rights.
Susan B Anthony
This amendment provided African American men the right to vote.
15th
This president's approach to Reconstruction was more lenient than the Radical Republicans' plan and often led to conflicts.
Johnson
The government encouraged Westward Migration by giving _______ to railroad companies, who then sold the land after the RR was done
land grants
This act aimed at assimilating Native Americans into American society by giving them individual plots of land to own.
Dawes Act
Why were women disappointed with the Reconstruction time period?
African American men gained the right to vote before women
Reconstruction did not address women's rights
Government agency that was vetoed by Andrew Johnson, but Congress overrode the veto.
Freedmen's Bureau
Political leaders/party, led by Thaddeus Steven who fought for immediate equality and Civil Rights for former slaves.
Radical Republicans
This act restricted immigration from China and was a response to growing anti-Chinese sentiment.
Chinese Exclusion Act
How did the Westward Migration impact Native Americans (name 2)
lost their land, forced onto reservations, forced to assimilate, conflict with settlers and the US government
What was the government response to Chinese discrimination in the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
This event marked the official end of Reconstruction in 1877.... Why?
What did southern states do to prevent African Americans from exercising their newly ranted rights when Reconstruction ended? (name TWO) What effect did this have?
Intimidation, violence, rise of KKK, poll taxes, Literacy tests, segregation
Fewer African Americans voted and were elected to Congress
The construction of this infrastructure significantly promoted the settlement of the West. What law led to it's creation. (Name the infrastructure, and the law)
Transcontinental railroad, the American Railway Act
the last significant battle between the US government and the Native Americans
Wounded Knee
What is a similarity between the Experience of African Americans in the South and Mexican Americans in the Southwest?
faced discrimination and violence, lynchings, poll taxes, Literacy tests were used to prevent voting. etc.