9 Flashcards
What did the Treaty of Laramie do?
Guaranteed Native Americans the Great Plains
The reservations set aside by the government
What is the New Policy toward the Native Americans?
The policy of Assimilation
That believed Native Americans needed to be civilized
What did the Treaty of Assimilation do?
Kidnapped young children and forced them to go to school
Caused tribes to have different levels of education
What was the United States Policy toward the American Indians before 1850
The Treaty of Laramie
What did the Crop-Lien System affect people?
Trapped free men and the poor whites into a cycle of poverty
How did the Crop-Lien system work?
People had to buy from stores with loans because crops were seasonal items
The debt put people into?
Into debt due to the high interest rates which were 50% to 60%
If the crops didn’t grow it meant?
The workers were in debt since they couldn’t have money from the crops
What did the Northern Sharecroppers do?
Moved up north and rented their land to the poor for half of their crop profit
The people never gained money due to?
Farmers taking half to sell and the other half is paying off their debt for supplies
What is the Credit-Mobilizer Scandal?
A Credit Mobilizer is hired to build a transcontinental railroad but doesn’t
How is it a scandal?
They took the original money for themselves and hen asked Congress for more money
How did they get more money?
They bribed Congress and the President’s family
What is a Bimetallic System
system in which a government recognizes coins composed of gold or silver as legal tender. The bimetallic standard (or bimetallism) backs a unit of currency to a fixed ratio of gold and/or silver.
