Potpourri
This farming system often trapped African Americans in cycles of debt after the war
Sharecropping
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories
Dred Scott Decision
This amendment permanently abolished slavery throughout the US
13th amendment
This act banned and/or put a quota on immigrants from Southeast Asia, most notably immigrants from China.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigrants coming to America from Western and Northern Europe. Often times came to US as skilled laborers with some background in the English language. Faced much less discrimination.
'Old Immigrants'
1887 law that broke up tribal land sinto individual plots for native american families
Dawes Act
This phrase describes the fundamental economic differences between the industrial North and the Agrarian South
Sectionalism
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born in the US
14th amendment
This invention made steel much easier and cheaper to produce, aiding to the construction of railroads, cities, etc. Largely responsible for the 2nd industrial Revolution
Bessemer Process
Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, who oftentimes came to America speaking very little to no english and were also 'unskilled' laborers. Faced much more discrimination from Nativists
'New Immigrants'
What issue divided Republicans and Radical Republicans the most?
Reentry of Southern States into the Union
These three laws, passed by Congress between 1820 and 1854, all attempted to manage the spread of slavery into new territories
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
This group in Congress pushed for an agressive Reoconstruction plan and full civil and political rights for African Americans
Radical Republicans
These 4 men were considered 'Titans of Industry' to some, while others referred to them as 'Robber Barons.' Responsible for the steel, oil, railroad, and banking boom of the late 19th century
Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan
The Muckraker Upton Sinclair and his book 'The Jungle' led to this landmark piece of legislation that we still have today.
Meat Inspection Act/Food and Drug Administration
Granted 160 acres of land to settlers, accelerating expansion on to Native lands
Homestead Act
Admitted California as free, used Popular Sovereignty elsewhere, and toughened the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
This president favored a quick, lenient reunification for the South, which put him in direct conflict with the rest of Congress
act that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace. Utilized by progressives to curb the power of monopolies and trusts, increasing the size and power of the federal government.
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Wrote the book 'How the Other Half Lives,' bringing awareness to the plight of poor, often immigrant communities living in the slums of American cities, most notably NYC.
Jacob Riis
THe post reconstruction low point in American race relations, marked by segregation, violence, and the circumvention of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
The Nadir
The Dredd Scott decision struck down this earlier compromise which had used a geographic line to divide free and slave territory
Missouri Compromise
This amendment protected the right to vote regardless of race.
15th amendment
Law passed to regulate railroads, stop unfair railroad rates, and limit the ability to create railroad monopolies/trusts. It led to the creation of the ICC
Interstate Commerce Act
Describe in your own words the differing viewpoints of Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and W.E.B. Dubois in regards to civil rights ideologies.
Washington - Gradual progress, education and vocational success, and compromise would lead to success (Atlanta Compromise)
WEB Dubois - Immediate results, college education was key ('Elite Tenth'), Cofounded NAACP
Garvey - Rejected Washington and Dubois, promoted black pride and self reliance, coined 'back to africa' movement, claiming blacks could NOT be successful in a majority white society, championed a separate black nation.