When Reconstruction ended in 1877, southern whites used violence, economic exploitation, discriminatory …
When Reconstruction ended in 1877, southern whites used violence, economic exploitation, discriminatory laws called Black Codes, and political disenfranchisement to subjugate African Americans and undo their gains during Reconstruction. Kansas and other destinations on the Great Plains represented a chance to start a new life. Kansas had fought to be a free state and, with the Homestead Act of 1862, the region offered lots of land at low cost. As a result, between the late 1870s and early 1880s, more than 20,000 African Americans left the South for Kansas, the Oklahoma Territory, and elsewhere on the Great Plains in a migration known as the “Great Exodus.”
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of …
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz
The Westward SpiritHomesteading: Dreams and RealitiesMaking a Living in Gold and CattleThe …
The Westward SpiritHomesteading: Dreams and RealitiesMaking a Living in Gold and CattleThe Loss of American Indian Life and CultureThe Impact of Expansion on Chinese Immigrants and Hispanic Citizens
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the …
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the evolution of American views about westward migration in the mid-nineteenth centuryAnalyze the ways in which the federal government facilitated Americans’ westward migration in the mid-nineteenth century
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