American Cultures

Question 1

Why did settlers slaughter the bufallo?

Answer 1

• They were killed to feed soldiers and railroad workers.
• For their skin
• And as a sport.

Question 2

How did African American lives change after 1877?

Answer 2

-lost civil rights
-faced economic repression
-denied political rights
-African Americans moved out of the South
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Question 3

How did reservations affect the Native’s

Answer 3

• Children were taken away to be educated
  -Alcoholism became high
  -They couldn’t feed/clothe themselves without government aid (withholding rations became a threat and used to enforce cooperation)
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Question 4

How did African Americans lose their civil rights?
(Come back)

Answer 4

• ## Southern states passed Jim crow laws - legalised segregation and made intermarriage illegal

Question 5

How did African Americans face economic repression?

Answer 5

• African American schools given less funding by state governments
  -states passed laws which punished small crimes with harsh sentences e.g making it crime to be unemployed which targeted African Americans