Race in America Flashcards
1
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George Armstrong Custer
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young, military general no one liked him The Black Hills: protected railroads and spokesperson 1877: Battle of Little Big Horn dies becomes christ figure
2
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Cowboys
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Romantic vision of West Actual life was terrible Real men Free Work Ethic
3
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Dawes Act
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Schools by white people in Indian communities
4
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Irish and Chinese in AMerica
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Irish Eastern cities, drunk, catholic idea that they will do what pope says Chinese San Fransisco massive wave, only temporary
5
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The White League
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like KKK
raised money by putting ads in to sell guns
italian immigrants
6
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The Talented Tenth
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Small group of middle class blacks Help other blacks in poverty
7
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Booker T. Washington
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compromise if you want freedom equality you have to prove you are worthy of equality, find jobs, start at trade school
8
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W.E.D. DuBois
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fears that whites are going to keep stalling
need to take more radical stand
9
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Sambo to Black Beast
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without rule will become barbaric
naive
lynching
