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Johnsons Impenchment
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He's been a door-mat since he vetoed the freedmans Bureau. Radical Republicans pass a couple unconstitutional laws : 1) command of Army Act - address military. it says grant is basically Johnsons boss, and everything Johnsons says be pasted by grant
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Comprise of 1867
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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president. (Reconstruction pulls out of sruth)
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Segregation takes place : Jim Crowe Laws
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are segregation laws. ''black laws''
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Homer Plessy
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1/8th black man says black laws are unfair, like one about blacks not being able to ride in a train for with whites. he is arrested for doing so (or trgig to) and in 1886 supreme court rules in.
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plessy vs ferguson
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that southern states, can do jum crave laws. separate but equal laws are olcay although it really isn't equal. in 1954 this issue comes up again.
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in brown vs board of education of topelco ka
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supreme court rules ''seperate is inherently unequal'' therefore overturning the jim crowe law. This just applies to schools, and integration is implimented. Its 1st enforced in little rock Arkansas at Central High School. Nine black teenagers try to intergrate. The Army had to protect the kids everyday.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Jim Crowe laws finally completely overturned.
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Also following the end of reconstructing, the black vote was taken away. It was taken away
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1.) Literary tests and grandfather clause, in which if your grandfather could vote you could too so illiterate whites could get in. 2.) 8-box role discouraged blacks from voting. 3.) Poll Tax : a tax to vote used and take votes from poor whites as well as blacks.
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Sand Creek Massacre
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800 Indians with black kettle believed they are protected by the flag. The protection leaves for hunting, leaving black kettle with the old, women, and children. Col. John Chivington, was not a lover of natives and on November 29th they attack at dawn. Black kettle waves the American flag as well as the white flag of surrender. Chivington and party slaughter around 150 Natives. They also defile the deads remains, parading dead fetuses, etc. take place in Cheyenne.
Black Kettle is not killed there. |
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June 29, 1876
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Battle of little Bighorn problems wise with the siovt Indians. In 1868 treaty of Fort Laramie with the sioux is signed. The U.S. gives them some land, the black hills- hut gold is discovered in 1874 there. Gold hunters get killed by Indians and the U.S. gets concerned, 1875, the U.S. decide to survey the black hills. Custer is the one who is sent to do this, and he brought two prospectors who legitamately find gold. This prompts the U.S. to want to take back the black hills to attain the gold. The siovt decides to leave the entire reservation and roam free. The U.S. tells them to go back to the reservation by January 1st, or They would be treated as hostile.
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The siovt, led by (sitting bull) arrive at the little Bighorn river.
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Around 3-4,000 Natives there, and the U.S. sends General Alfred Terry to round them up with 1500 men. The was going to surround the Indians to take them back to the reservation on the 26th. Its was going to be done in a 3 pronged attack by all sides.
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One prey is led by (George Armstrong Custer.)
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Custer gets there early, and decides to do the attack on his own. The plan was to take the encampment and take the women and children. He has 210 men with him personally. The Indian men hold off 2 of the 3 prongs.
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(custer Land stand), as he is killed with all 200 men of his own command.
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Crazy horse leads the Native American attack credited for the Victory. Sitting bull escapes. Crazy horse was captured and killed Indian issues continued........
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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Dec. 29th 1890 Paivte Indian, (Wavoka) was orphaned and adopted by white christian man. His other name is Jack Wilson, and when he is 30 he has a vision. The vision was that Indians and whites should work together, and Indians to assimilate into white culture. To prove he was a prophet, he said ice would float down the river in July. This happened, as his adopted brothers through ice downstream. The Indians began to follow him, and he has another vision. No longer should they work with white people, they most do a ghost dance instead. This is to sweat out impurities, in a sweat lodge, then run and dance around a pole yelling then pass out and have visions. This is to prove loyalty to the great spirit. His message resonates well with everyone.
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The siovt Indians hear the message, and add a (ghost shirts) twist.
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This is a shirt with talismans and imprenetrable to bullets Magical. Siovt believe they cannot be hurt, and become more aggressive.
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(Sitting bull) is paraded by the press as being the leader.
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Dec. 15 1890, Ideas to detain him came to a head and Indian police were sent to bring him In for interrogation.
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(Bull head), head of police, come to his house and people begin to mock him when he is complaint so sitting bull refuse to more.
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Someone from the crowd shoots bull head, an he in turn shoots and kills sitting bull.
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Indian left reservation,a 120 men group led by (Big Foot) is by the army chase in Dec. 28th.
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The Army 7th calvary decides to no to fight, and instead decide to escort them back to the reservation the next day. The Army tries to take their weapons from them, but they hide them. The Army frisk, the women which angers the men.
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(yellow bird) a siovt medicine man yells that the Indians should fight. (Black Coyote), has a gun, and due to no deafness could not hear the armies yelling at him to put down the weapons.
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The army tries to take it from him, and the gun shouts in a tug-of-war over it.
Shooting starts 2/3rds of women and children killed, wholesale carnage. Big Foot is killed. This is the last Big Indian battle, and the Indians lost horrible. This battle is considered the end of the western frontier. |
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(Turner Thesis), Brought up by Fredrick Jackson Turner says that the Frontier is closed and made us he uniquely American.
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What was the north's strategy in the civil war?
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1. Try and destroy the south's trade with others (the union blockage) The north would take over coastal towns (st. augustine was taken)
2. Stopped other countries from recognizing confederency, Great Britian got very close. Confederency tried to black mail Brits into recognition but Brit was against slavery and plans backfired. 3. To make people in the south lives hell. Burned home, field etc so people would rejoin the union. |
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What was the south's strategy in the civil war?
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1. Stay on defense. Only twice did south invade the north (gettysburg and Antidum)
2. Get foreign recognition. To get past the union blockage, the brits or french would have to do something about it. Brits make sit ships for confederacy (the Raiders) one of these are called C.S.S Albama which attackls and loots 69 northern ships. 3. Break the union blockage, the south started a new type of ship warefare with using a ironclad ships. One famous ironclad battle is called the U.S.S Monitor vs. U.S.S. Marrimack. |
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U.S.S Marrimack
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Marrimack was a northern ship taken by confederacy . North sets its on fire, leaving a wooden hull. Confederacy rebuilts it an ironclad exterior and renamed it C.S.S Virginia. March 1862, Two chips beat each other up but either sinks, it outdates any other navy. South sinks its own ship to prevent it from falling into northern hands.
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