African-American History

Whites and Northerners who supported Republican policies in the South

To settle the 1876 presidential election

Many people began moving to the West

congress passed the acts over his veto

A plan to rebuild the South

They extended social problems and lack of equality after the end of slavery

they started their own business to serve their community

having to stay at one job just to pay what you owe

President Grant helped to pass The Enforcements Act to prevent Southerners from using fear to shut African Americans out of the political process.

They believed it went against the natural order of things, and they probably feared losing the opportunities they had to be wives and mothers.

The buffalo provided a variety of resources.

The black codes provided a steady source of labor for whites who owned farms, because African Americans who did not have jobs were made to serve time as forced laborers.

Education and public health

Cattle ranching

They paid people to kill the buffalo so the animals would not block the tracks.

Poll taxes and literacy tests

The western United States

China

These African Americans who settled in the plains region of the United States were known as Exodusters.

allowed to vote regardless of color

all of the above

Goods produced in one region could be sent to another and sold.

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