Chapter 31 Part 3 Flashcards
By the late 19th century, the United States had become what?
A boisterous multicultural society0 the msot culturally diverse land of the Western emisphere, whose poplation included indigenous peoples
What did Walt Whitman describe the US as?
As not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations, yet political and economic power rested almost exclusively with white male elites
What did Euro American settlers push indigenous peoples to
Onto reservation, Although prosing to respect those ands, the U.S. govenrmen tpermitted settlers and railroads to encroach on the reservation
The US government and private citizens acted to undermine or destry the
bases of native cultural traiditons. Na
What did some US actions attempt to sever native AMerican’s ties to?
Their communal traditiosn and cultrual practices
Dawes severalty act
Shifted land policies away form collective tribal reservations and towards individual tracts of and meant to promot the family fars
What happened to native children>
They were sent into white controlled boarding schools. These were Carlisle Indian School and the Toledo Indian Schools
The Civil War ended in slaverly, but didn’t bring equality. What did northern forces do?
THey sent armies of occupation to southern states to make them undergo a program of social and polictcal reconstruction
After Reconstruction, the armies of occupation went back to the north…….and
A violent backlash dismantled th eprograms rforms. Freed slaves had not recieved any land grants or anything. IT was easy for the Whites to take away everythin g
How long did women fight for rights?
Through the inteenth century. Theywanted alternatives to marriage and domesticity.
What did migrants introduce?
Foods, music, dance,s holidys and sports as well as language. There was distate thought
How was slavery in Canada
It wasn’t legal, but there was a segregation
Louis Riel
Emerged as the lader of western Canada..he was a metisand he had abandoned his studies to become a priest
Riel led his troosp and negotiated the
incorporation of Manitoba into the DOminon.
What resistance did Riel lead again
One against the railroad and British Canadian settlemnt. IT was called the North west rebellion.
