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For many years students have been taught to be ashamed by their country’s history. Books were focused on our country’s darkest moments. “A Patriot’s History of the United states” suggests a little bit different approach to our history. Two history professors wrote a thorough book that puts spotlights on America’s role in many important history moments. Schweikart and Allen are telling their story in a straight line. They do not ignore America’s failures, but they put them in the right perspective.
The Civil Rights Movement (1865–1895) was supposed to get rid of racial discrimination, improving educational and working opportunities. This period saw unbelievable change in the fortunes of the black community.
Year 1865 was the end of the Civil War but citizens in the South still call it the War Between the States. After fighting ceased there were hundreds of thousands of people without jobs. They moved West fighting all who opposed them. The native Americans were simply outnumbered.
The year 1865 is famous for ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment that eliminated slavery. Free people wished to start new lives while the country was recovering from the damage of the Civil War. Risky Americans were encouraged to move west by the Homestead Act that presented 160 acres of land to people who could pay the registration fee ($10). Thousands of people moved west to run away from life in the South. Ranching, mining and forest harvesting attracted people to the West.
This migration affected Native Americans, who were removed to South Dakota and Oklahoma. The killing of buffalo by white settlers for food, hides, and even for fun ruined Native American life, since they depended on those herds. The opening of the transcontinental railroad was tied to western expansion. The railroad required that rail lines run through lands previously conveyed to Native Americans.
At the end of the century, practically all Native Americans lived in reservations. Many Indians tried to dress, speak, and act like white men in schools founded by white reformers.