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Explore the industrialization of the South, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, Westward Expansion, battles with American Indians like Crazy Horse, and transformative events such as the Sand Creek Massacre and the Battle of Little Big Horn. Learn about the Homestead Act, Exodusters, and much more.
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The New South • As the south became more industrialized so did agriculture become more diversified. • The Civil Rights Act of 1875 guaranteed black patrons the right to ride trains and use public facilities such as hotels. • Later this was seen as a local issue which limited the rights of African Americans.
Westward Expansion & the American Indians • In the early 1800s, the gov’t carried out a policy of moving Native Amer. Out of the way of white settlers. • By the 1860s, Indians were forced onto separate reservations. • The U.S, gov’t began a policy of assimilation to force Indians to adopt white culture. • Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull fought for Indians in the west.
The Sand Creek Massacre • Colonel John Chivington killed 450 unarmed men, women and children of the Cheyenne tribe. • Caused a rush of violence between federal troops and tribes. • Cheyenne surrendered claims to land and moved onto reservations.
The Battle of Little Big Horn (1876) • The Sioux lived on the Black Hills reservation. • The federal gov’t. allowed speculators to pan for gold on Sioux hunting ground. • Lt. Colonel George Custer was sent to round up the Sioux. • Custer & 200 soldiers were killed by Sioux, led by Sitting Bull.
Massacre of Wounded Knee • Soldiers were sent to arrest followers of Sitting Bull. • While the Sioux were surrendering a shot was fired and 200 unarmed Sioux were killed.
Transforming the West • As America grew the concept of a transcontinental railroad became a necessity. • Under the Homestead Act of 1862, the gov’t offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for 5 yrs, dig a well, and build a road. • Former slaves known as “Exodusters” created several all-black towns in Kansas and Oklahoma.