HIS 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Unequal Treaty, Foot Binding
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Native americans in the u. s: indian removal act trail of tears, after 1850 reservations. Tried to civilize native americans by making them give up traditions. Forcing them into american-style schools: mix western and traditional cultures. Steps toward abolition of slavery: outlaw slave trade: denmark great britain, france netherlands, spain, slavery abolished: british colonies, french, us, cuba, brazil. Social darwinism: herbert spencer: survival of the fittest. American nationalism: american civil war, reconstruction: 14th: equal protection of laws to both races. Civil rights laws recognize blacks as citizens with rights (not extended to native americans: from slavery to sharecropping, fighting jim crow, black codes. Blacks not allowed in white schools, no interracial marriage, blacks can"t own property: kkk founded 1866, lynching, literacy tests: Grandfather clause: plessy vs. ferguson: separate but equal , dark side of nationalism: racism. Unification at the cost of suppressing minorities. The gathering storm: background causes of world war i.
