The South

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The South West Transformed
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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.

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Westward Expansion the American Indians

• In the early 1800s, the govt 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, govt began a policy of assimilation to
  force Indians to adopt white culture.
• Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull fought for Indians
  in the west.

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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.

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The Battle of Little Big Horn (1876)

• The Sioux lived on the Black Hills reservation.
• The federal govt. 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.

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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.

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Transforming the West

• As America grew the concept of a transcontinental
  railroad became a necessity.
• Under the Homestead Act of 1862, the govt
  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.

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