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Homestead Act
The Governement land could be bought for $1.25 an acre, or claimed free if a homesteader worked it for 5 years. Page: 457 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff -
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The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment guranteed repayment of the national war debt and prohibited repayment of the confederate debt. Page: 443 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
The Treaty of Fort Laramie established two large Indian Reservations, one in Oklahoma and the other in the Dakota Badlands Page: 476 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff -
Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th Amendment forbade any state to deny the right to vote on grounds of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Page: 454 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
This law prohibited racial discriminations in all public accomodations. transportation, places of amusement, and juries. Page: 455 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff -
Mississippi Plan
The Mississippi Plan was the decision to use as much violence as necessary to carry the state election. Page: 457 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff -
Black Education
At this time, nearly 40% of all African-American children were enrolled in schools. Page: 454 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff -
Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
This act ended Reservation policies, by permitting the president to distribute land to indians who had severed their attachments to their tribes. Page: 479-480 Davidson, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff
