Section 2/3 - Reconstruction & The West

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Which Amendment abolished slavery as a practice in the United States?

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13th Amendment

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Which Amendment granted suffrage to African American men?

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15th Amendment

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Which Amendment granted full citizenship rights to formerly enslaved peoples in the Unites States?

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14th Amendment

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Which court case legalized the principle of separate but equal?

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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How did life change for African Americans during Reconstruction?

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Their legal status changed, gaining citizenship and voting rights, and the establishment of schools and churches for their community.

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How did life change for African Americans after Reconstruction?

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Life became more challenging with increased discrimination and segregation.

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What term is used to describe the process of giving up one's culture to fit into the mainstream (like Native Americans on the Great Plains were asked to do)?

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Assimilation

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What term is used to describe land set aside for Native Americans to continue their life styles?

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reservation

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What did the Dawes Act do?

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It authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.

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What was the purpose of Indian Residential Schools?

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To assimilate Indigenous children into mainstream culture and eliminate their cultural identity and language.

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