Key Concepts of Post-Civil War America

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What was the impact of Manifest Destiny on the economic and technological development of the post-Civil War West?

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It influenced mining, the cattle industry, and the transcontinental railroad.

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What was the changing role of the American farmer post-Civil War?

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It included the establishment of the Granger movement, the Populist Party, and agrarian rebellion over currency issues.

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What was the effect of the Dawes Act on tribal identity and land ownership?

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It aimed to assimilate American Indians and affected their tribal identity and land ownership.

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What was the impact of the Populist movement on the federal government?

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It changed the role of the federal government in American society.

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What were the Reconstruction Amendments and their effects?

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They addressed black codes, Jim Crow laws, disenfranchisement, sharecropping, and responses from early Civil Rights Activists.