How did the lives of American people change 1877-1890? Flashcards
Lives of Native Americans
how did white hunters forced Indians onto reservations
slaughter of millions of buffalo by white hunters using railroads
Lives of Native Americans
what did poor land on reservations lead to
disease + mass starvation
Lives of Native Americans
what rules did the US gov put on reservations
how they should live
-split up tribes on reservations
-banned hunting
-took over courts
-forced them to live farming
Lives of Native Americans
what religion were Indians forced to convert to
Christianity
Lives of Native Americans
where were native american children sent
boarding schools
Lives of Native Americans
why where NA children sent to boarding schools
to learn white ideas
Lives of Native Americans
when was the Dawes Act
1887
Lives of Native Americans
what did the Dawes act
gave NA men full citizenship + 160 acres in exchange for tribal lands
Lives of Native Americans
what did ghost dancers do
prayed for the return of the buffalo + whites to be swept
Lives of Native Americans
what happened at Wound Knee 1890
250 ghost dancers + sitting bull murdered
Lives of Native Americans
when was Wound Knee
1890
Lives of Native Americans
when did the remaining ghost dancers give up
Jan 1891
Lives of African Americans
what where blacks in the South trapped in
low-paid work as sharecroppers
Lives of African Americans
how many black Ams became homesteaders in Kansas
6000
Lives of African Americans
how did black Ams become homesteaders in Kansas
under the homestead act
Lives of African Americans
what did Booker T. Washington
set up schools for blacks
National Negro Buisness League
Lives of African Americans
what did Booker Washington teach in his schools
mainly manual skills
Lives of African Americans
what were the 1890s segregation laws in Southern States called
Jim Crows Laws
Lives of African Americans
impacts of Jim Crows Laws
- white schools given 10x more fundings
- ‘redeemer’ govts > literacy tests to stop blacks voting
Lives of African Americans
how many blacks killed in 1891 from the influence of the KKK
161
Lives of African Americans
what happened to KKK murderers
few arrests or trails
Lives of African Americans
a way the KKK commonly hurt black people
lynching
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
ways the industry developed
-cotton mills doubled in no
-tobacco increased
-demand for coal increased in North so production increased in the South
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
why did small ranchers go bust
beef prices fell
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
what did the harsh winter of 1886-7 cause
millions of cattle killed
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
why did the govt limited chinese entry
after riots
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
example of a surge in migration
italy
1890s 600,000 from italy alone
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
examples of rapid urbanisation
over 100,000 cities 14 in 1870, 38 in 1900
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
when were elevators and skyscrapers invented
1880s
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
what percentage of babies died before one in part of Chicago
60%
Big buisnesses, cities and mass migration
where did migrants live in 1880s
slums
