Cards in this guide (12)
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
Which group believed that land could be owned
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
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.