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What were Jim Crow laws and why were they allowed to occur
They were established to enforce discrimination and segregation well restricting right gained during reconstruction. The Plessy versus Ferguson case allowed this
How mites Jim Crow laws affect society in the future
They will make that black thing that they aren’t really free and it will make people realize that Blacks don’t have the same rights
Why did Southerners not like carpetbaggers
Northerners would bring their belongings and took political and economic advantage of the south from the regions misfortunes
Why were southern military leaders not allowed to hold public office following the Civil War
The north wanted to punish the south to keep power away from those who had it during the confederacy
What was the Friedmans bureau what to types of services did it’s provide and to whom
It’s supplied newly freed slaves with food medical supplies healthcare and education it was created by the government
What were three results of the election of 1876
Hayes became president’s and reconstruction ended, northern troops left the south, Jim Crow laws spread
How did the search for gold affect the west
When lots of people came the population exploded
What is the significance of the battle of the Little Big Horn
The tensions had been rising for a while and it was the last major win for Native Americans
How did Native Americans react to the massacre at wounded knee
Native Americans gave up and move to reservations
With the goal of the Homestead act
What’s the expansion and to distinguish homesteads from settlers
Challenges did the homesteaders face
InFertile land, little rain, conflicts with natives, not much wood, grasshoppers, and sometimes the crops would fail
What was the benefits of the transcontinental railroad
Helped with transportation of people and goods
What occurred at promontory point Utah
Central and union Pacific Railroad Mets upl
What immigrant groups worked on the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Chinese
Chinese and Irish
Oh dangerous why were cattle drives a money making adventure
Has even though they were four dollars a head south they were $40 a head in the north
