Question

"We are just now making a yeat pretense of anxiety to civilize the [American] Indians.... As we have taken into our

national family seven millions of Negroes ... it would seem that the time may have arrived when we can very properly
make at least the attempt to assimilate our two hundred and fifty thousand Indians
"The school at Carlisle is an attempt on the part of the government to do this.... Carlisle fills young Indians with the
spirit ofloyalty to the stars and stripes, and then moves them out into our communities to show by their conduct and
ability that the Indian is no different from the white or the colored, that he has the inalienable right to liberty and
opportunity that the white and the negro have."
Which of the following developments would the author have been most likely to use to support his assertion that African Americans had joined the United States "national family"?
(A) The actions ofNew South leaders to promote industrialization
(B) The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
(C)ratification of constitutional amendments during Reconstruction
(D) The passage of new regulations on voting by Southern states

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) ratification of constitutional amendments during Reconstruction. During Reconstruction, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution were ratified. These amendments abolished slavery, granted African Americans citizenship, and gave them the right to vote, respectively. This was an important development in the United States' attempt to integrate African Americans into the "national family" of citizens.