Reconstruction- The Final Days Flashcards
Slaughterhouse Cases of 1873
SC says that 14th Amendment was only for national citizenship issues and not state citizenship issues
US v. Cruikshank (1876)
- SC says you cannot sue individuals you have to choose a state law to challenge
- 14th Amendment only applies to discriminatory actions by states
The Compromise of 1877
- Demonstrated peaceful succession of power and the end of Reconstruction following the Election of 1876
- (D) agreed to allow Hayes the presidency and respect the rights of freedmen in the South
- (R) agreed not to use National Army to enforce Reconstruction laws in the South- also given money for railroad construction
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1841
Plains Indians gave US gov’t land and US gov’t agreed not to bother them
-However, settlers continued to pour into the west and ultimately reservations were formed to end the violence
Great Sioux Uprising (1862)
Dakota Sioux go to war with the US due to discontent with US policy
- Had pursued policy of accommodation for many years but were on the verge of starvation with little help from the US gov’t
- US placed Indians on trial and many were hung in one of the largest mass executions in history
The Fight for the Black Hills (1870s)
Indians gathered to fight white settlers who were taking over their land
- Land was important spiritually
- When gold was found there, even more settlers came
Battle of Little Big Horn
- George Custer and army were killed by Indians
- US gov’t sent out troops to put down the rebellion
- US took the Black Hills but Sioux never accepted the settlement and filed a lawsuit in the 20th century
- In 1980 the SC ruled that the US should pay Sioux millions of dollars but they rejected the offer and litigation continues
Carlisle Indian School (1879)
Model boarding school located off reservations for Indian children that focused on assimilation to American culture
