US History EOC
What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?
African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery. Debt peonage requires that a person's debt be paid off through work. After the Civil War many newly freed African Americans accrued sharecropping debt that was then paid off through labor.
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment
Assimilate Native Americans into American Society Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle Accustom Native Americans to individual land ownership
Goal of the Dawes Act It was designed to get the Native Americans to assimilate by making them independent farmers on land they owned.
What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?
Providing aid and education to emancipated slaves- The Freedmen's Bureau was created to assist in the transition from slavery to freedom. It succeeded in creating schools for African Americans.
"We should be satisfied to compel them to engage in coarse, common manual labor, and to punish them for dereliction of duty or non fulfillment of their contracts with such severity, as to make them useful, productive laborers."
Refers to the passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws- Black Codes and Jim Crowe laws in many Southern states required that African Americans sign yearly labor contracts. Anyone found without a contract could be imprisoned
Ratification of the 14th Amendment grants African Americans citizenship and full rights under the Constitution.
Response to the passage of Black Codes throughout the South- To limit the rights and advancement of African Americans in the South, many Southern states passed Black Codes.
Chief Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse lead the Lakota off the reservation. The US Army sent to force the Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho back to their reservations. Sitting Bull and Crazy horse defeat the US Army.
The Battle of Little Bighorn The Battle of Little Bighorn was the result of the U.S. army attempting for force the Native Americans out of the Black Hills and back to reservations. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were Native American leaders and urged their people to resist the army. Crazy Horse defeated General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn
The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?
The expansion of slavery into new territories - The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed to allow for settlement in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The act allowed for settlers to vote on whether or not the territory would have slavery.
Example of a direct consequence of the Civil War
The extension of voting rights to African American men- When the Civil War ended the U.S. entered a period call Reconstruction. During Reconstruction three amendments were added to the Constitution. The 15th Amendment allows African American men the right to vote.
What was the main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S. citizens?
To encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society. The main goal of U.S. relations with the Native Americans throughout the 1800s was assimilation (become part of American society and culture). Those that did not want to assimilate were placed on reservations.
