1. AP United States History Unit 6
The Gilded Age
AP United States History
Unit 6

2. U.S. Indian Policies R – Removal (1780s to 1850s)
“One Big Reservation”
R – Reservations (1850s to 1870s)
“Concentration”
W – Wars (Civil War to 1890)
wars erupt as a consequence of forced removal
A – Assimilation (1870s to 20th century)
education, land-ownership (farming), Christianity
R – Restoration (20th century)
citizenship, restoration of land and customs

5. “Custer’s Last Stand” (1876)

6. Wounded Knee (1890)

7. Killing the Buffalo

8. Grant’s First Inaugural Address (1869)
The proper treatment of the original occupants of this land—the Indians—[is] one deserving of careful study. I will favor any course toward them which tends to their civilization and ultimate citizenship.

9. Carlisle School

10. Homestead Act (1862) What is the Homestead Act?
Why do you think the government passed this legislation?
What were some of the eligibility requirements for acquiring a homestead?
What were some of the positive and negative effects of this law? (Think both short-term and long-term.)

11. Homesteaders

12. Exodusters

14. Sod Houses

15. The Grange

18. (No Distinction of Color)
Every Dog
(No Distinction of Color)
Has His Day
Red Gentleman to Yellow Gentleman:
“Pale face, ‘fraid you crowd him out, as he did me.”

19. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Therefore,
Be it enacted, That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within the United States.