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
