HIST 106 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Twenty-Fourth Amendment Of The Constitution Of India, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Outsourcing
8 Jul 2016
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Exam one: exploitation in the late 19 th century. Land- efforts that the government made to encourage settlement of unpopulated areas of u. s. 1872 mining law- federal lease of land to mine (. 25-2. 50) Railroads: union pacific-central pacific, northern pacific, southern pacific, Atchison, topeka and santa fe: main means of transporting military. 1887 dawes severalty act: take indians off reservations (voluntarily) for free. 1924 citizenship of indians because of so many having served in wwi. 1934 put indians back on reservations to preserve culture. Today- many live below poverty level; reservations main sources of income. African americans- booker t. washington and web dubois. 1890s literacy tests, poll taxes and grandfather clause a. ruled unconstitutional in 1915. Booker t. washington- learn a trade/become educated and gain respect and acceptance by whites. Dubois- pushed education and leadership, not gradual acceptance. 1896 plessy v. ferguson- endorsed separate but equal. 1965 voting rights act- end to literacy tests.
