Dawes act - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

government's policy toward Native American land the government passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation, or land set aside for Native American tribes, the government changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe, then they established boundaries for the Native Americans and forced them to live on the reservations, then they would backtrack and make the boundaries smaller economic opportunities that drew large...

this war between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of pre-made goods) - The Civil War railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. - Cornelius Vanderbilt owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. - Andrew Carnegie de...

How did many Native Americans in the PNW resist assimilation during the late 19th century? - They adopted the dreamer religion. How did Seattle's Watcher on the Tower newspaper depict the Ku Klux Klan during the 19th-20th? - It viewed them as protective of American society. How did the arrival of a large number of successful Klondike gold miners in 1897 change Seattle's economic development? - Seattle became a major outfitting center for the Alaska trade in the northern goldfields, diver...

Westward Expansion Test Questions with Answers The MAIN purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was to force American Indians to - Answer-assimilate into white culture The MAIN reason the U.S. government adopted a "reservation policy" toward American Indians was to - Answer-make land available for white settlers Homestead Act: small farms :: Dawes Act: - Answer-Reservations What brought an end to cattle drives? - Answer-Barbed Wire What factor was critical to the building of...

"White Man's Burden" - ️️1899 A poem by British poet Rudyard Kipling commenting on American imperialism. It created a phrase used by imperialists to justify the imperialistic actions the U.S. took. Plessy v. Ferguson - ️️1896 SC ruling that upheld the legality of Jim Crow laws. "Separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites. Eugene V. Debs - ️️American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and 5 time candidate for...

HIST 173 Final Quiz with Questions and Answers Wade Davis Bill ANSWER Measure passed by the US congress to reconstruction policy Freedmen's Bureau ANSWER an agency of the War. Dep. set up in 1865 to assist freed slaves Black Codes ANSWER laws in the South that were designed to restrict the laws of freed slaves 13th Amendment ANSWER outlaws slavery Civil Rights Act 1875 ANSWER Prohibited discrimination against blacks in public place, such as inns, amusement parks, and on public ...

The Homestead Act Of 1862 Exam 2024. Assimilation - ANSWER Traditional assimilation is a cycle in which a group or one beings language or tradition resemble characteristics of another group Dawes Act (Dawes Severalty Act Of 1887) - ANSWER This Act was given to Congress in 1887, Therefore this gave the President access to survey Indian land and divide it into allotments Exoduster (Exodus of 1879) - ANSWER "Exoduster" was well known as the label for Migrated African Americans (Most of the...

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? - Answer poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... - Answer Jazz Tet Offensive - Answer failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truman Doctrine? - Answer The G...

WGU D189 Pacific NW History Final Exam Study Guide How did many Native Americans in the PNW resist assimilation during the late 19th century? - They adopted the dreamer religion. How did Seattle's Watcher on the Tower newspaper depict the Ku Klux Klan during the 19th-20th? - It viewed them as protective of American society. How did the arrival of a large number of successful Klondike gold miners in 1897 change Seattle's economic development? -Seattle became a major outfitting center for...

Act of Toleration - (1649) a law passed by the Maryland assembly that provided religious freedom for all Christians; it was geared toward the Catholics in the colony; set a precedent for religious freedom (1st Amendment) Alien & Sedition Acts - (1798) These consist of four laws passed by the Federalist Congress and signed by President Adams: the Naturalization Act, which increased the waiting period for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years; the Alien Act, which empowered the ...