The United States government set out to establish a series of Indian treaties that would force the Indians to give up their lands and move further west onto reservations. ... Once gold was found in the Black Hills, miners were soon moving into the Sioux hunting grounds and demanding protection from the United States Army. hope this helps
<span>WADE-DAVIS BILL 1. required citizens to take oath before readmission as a state
* Proposed by </span>Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis<span> of Maryland.
</span><span>* Originally submitted in 1864 but was pockety vetoed by President Lincoln.
* Bill was reconstructed and resubmitted after Lincoln's assassination and was passed.
FORD'S THEATER 2. site of Lincoln's assassination
* Assassination happened on April 14, 1865 - Good Friday
* Our American Cousin was the play that the President went to watch.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH 3. assassinated President Lincoln
* He was a theater actor.
* He attempted to kidnap President Lincoln in March 1865 but failed.
* He was killed on April 26, 1865. 12 days after he assassinated the President.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 4. suspended by Lincoln
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU 5. helped blacks adjust to freedom
* Official name: Bureau of </span><span>Refugees, </span>Freedmen<span> and Abandoned Lands
</span>* E<span>stablished in 1865 by Congress.
* Purpose: to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South that was greatly affected by the U.S. Civil War
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OLIVER O. HOWARD 6. chief of Freedman's Bureau
ENFRANCHISEMENT 7. right of some to vote
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The answer would be obeying the law. It is required in democracy, while volunteering, reading the news, and voting are not required.
The major way in which border areas of the west were affected by the mixture of people is that a plethora of immigrants from all over the world wanted to expand to the west in order to settle--meaning that people from all backgrounds often fought over land and job opportunities.
