Module 3 Flashcards
Dawes act 1877
- Natives land was sold to white settelers
Wounded Knee
- Gunshot went off and 300 were dead
-Last big sustained armed Native resistance in the West
Sitting Bull
The chief who united Sioux
Woroka
Northern Paiute Prophet
Ghost Dane
- Natives Religion
- They danced and practices the ghost dance
What happend in the battle of little big horn
All of custers men were outnumberd and died
John Chivington
- He attacked an unsuspecting village of indians
- Killed many
Chief Joseph
- In revenge for custer he chases Nez Perce
- Led everyone to retreat t canada
Why did protesting conflict with most aftican americans living in south
If they protested they would get lynched
Who was Booker T, how did he suggest that AA’s respond to Jim Crow laws, why did whites like him
- He wanted to accomadate to the laws, and whites liked him becuase he didnt try to resist or fight back
Who is W.E.B Doubis. How did he approch Seggregation and how did it differ fom Booker T
He wanted to fight aginst seggregation unlike Booker T who wanted to accomadate it. Remember the W.E.B was from north so he wouldnt get lynched. He co-founded the NAACP
In what 3 ways did African Americans respond to seggregation
1) Accomadation (acceptance)
2) Confrontation (fighting)
3) Seperatism
Grandfather Clause
If your Grandpa could vote prior to Jan 1st 1870 you didnt have to take literacy test, tax’s etc.
Mississippi plan and how it was used
- Took away blacks right to vote
-15th ammendment loophole
15th ammendment
- Garunteed citicenship
-Loophole:literacy test and Tax’s
How did court justify Plessy v. Ferguson
By the 14th Ammendment
- Had no inferiorty of AA’s
One drop rule
If you had one drop of AA blood in you you were considerd black no matter how white you looked
Homer Plessy
- Activist
- Arrested for sitting in Lousiana railroad cart designed for whited
How did the South get around the 13th Amendment? What clause did they use?
- You cant have slavery W/O CRIME
- So it was still legal as punishment
Explain the causes behind the Plessy v. Ferguson case. What is the significance of the case?
- Legalized seggregation under seprerate but equal clause
-Rise of seggregation
Convict lease system
- Virtual Re-Enslavement
- Your a prisoner that gets leased out to places
Define/compare/contrast Agency and Reservation.
An agency is a governmental organization responsible for overseeing and managing a specific activity or area of public interest. In contrast, a reservation is a designated area of land set aside for Native American tribes, often managed by an agency
Why was Custer and the 7th Cavalry sent to the Black Hills?
Custer and the 7th Cavalry were sent to the Black Hills as part of a U.S. government expedition in 1874. The goal was to investigate reports of gold in the area, which ultimately led to a gold rush. tensions with the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne who considered the Black Hills sacred land, eventually leading to the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Give one example of Americans romanticizing the West?
through the iconic image of the cowboy. This figure, portrayed as rugged, independent, and brave, embodies the spirit of the frontier. Cowboys, as shown in countless movies and novels, lived a life of adventure and freedom, herding cattle and taming wild horses.
