After the Trail of Tears : the Indian nations in the West -- The one-drop rule : racial prejudice and stereotypes -- The fight for the promised land : the end of Indian sovereignty -- Teaching the four Rs : reading 'riting, 'rithmetic, and racism -- Teaching the value of labor : planters, yeomen, and entrepreneurs -- The imposition of Anglo-American justice : the search for order -- The politics of race : segregation, disfranchisement, and statehood