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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act

The Dawes Act was an effort to make assimilation the government's official policy. The aim was to "Americanize" the Native Americans , cultivating in them the desire to own property and to farm.

What was the purpose of the reconstruction amendments

all of the above

Which group believed that land could be owned

white settlers

What did the growth of the steel industry and cotton mills in the south in the late 1800s suggest

It suggested that a new approach to the economy was developing in the South.

What event made the Compromise of 1877 possible

Democrats had gained enough power to get things they wanted from Republicans.

The compromise of 1877 required that federal troops do what

leave the southern states immediantly

What group did the democrats hope to make look bad by calling attention to the problems of government and high taxes in the late 1800s

Republicans

During slavery what did most African Americans do to practice their religious beliefs

They went to white churches or held their own services in secret.

According to this cartoon how were women suffragists supposed to convince antisuffragists to join the women's suffragist movement

by removing prejudice (apex)

Toward the end of the civil war what did general sherman special field order number 15 do

Apex- It gave 40 acres of land and a mule to freed African Americans

Who could be forced to work without pay according to the 13th amendment

The 13th doesn't say anything about people being forced to work without pay.

what was the term by southerners for a return to democratic, white rule

The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.

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