People
To those of the white race who look to the incoming of those of foreign birth and strange tongue and habits for the prosperity of the South, were I permitted I would repeat what I say to my own race, "Cast down your bucket where you are."
Who made this statement?
Booker T Washington
This legislation guaranteed citizenship to anyone born in the United States. Additionally, citizens could not be denied life, liberty, or property without due process.
14th Amendment
SCOTUS case which overturned "separate but equal," leading to desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of Education
Fill in the blank:
"Every _____ dead is an Indian gone"
Buffalo
He believed Black Americans should demand immediate civil rights and equality
WEB DuBois
In 1923, SCOTUS ruled that the government was entitled to the Black Hills in South Dakota based on this amendment and clause:
Fifth Amendment, Eminent Domain
Books shall not be interchangeable between the white and colored schools, but shall continue to be used by the race first using them.
What is this law called?
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
The Springfield Riots highlighted a need for legal protection for Black Americans, leading to the creation of:
The NAACP
This Native American Nation is still seeking to reclaim the Black Hills:
Lakota Nation
This amendment stated that the right to vote cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude:
Fifteenth Amendment
160 acres of land West of the MS to any head of household who would work the land for five years:
Homestead Act
The government’s idea to “Americanize” the Native American population by breaking up reservations into individual farms and encouraging Native populations to adopt American way of life.
The Dawes Act
He segregated Washington DC
President Woodrow Wilson
Abolished slavery. Servitude was allowable if it was a punishment for a crime.
Thirteenth Amendment
This organization was formed to assist Black Americans suffering from discrimination.
Bonus 50 if you know what it stands for.
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This Pennsylvania school became the model for nearly four hundred other boarding schools for Native Americans
Carlisle School
During his presidency, the Newlands Act of 1902 funded irrigation projects from the proceeds of the sale of federal lands in the West
This SCOTUS case stated that segregation was legal as long as equal facilities were provided:
Plessy v. Ferguson
Under this Progressive plan, new immigrants were encouraged to learn English, taught how to dress, what to eat, and encouraged to exhibit Protestant values:
Americanization
Giving up one's way of life to blend into another culture
Assimilation