Immigration
Acts, and Amendments
America, Expansion, and Government and others
Business
Miscellaneous
100
The trail that answered the question whether segregation was constitutional or not. They concluded that it was constitutional if the separate facilities were equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
100
What is Laissez-faire?
Hands off, the government will not interfere with business affairs, and if the market dips it will correct itself
100
What is the progressive area described as?
Based on a perception that what America is all about is moving forward and changing (not static)
100
Name given to Industrialists in the late 19th century Railroad tycoons
Robber Barrens
200
Where were the majority of immigrants from by 1900?
Eastern & Southern Europeans Mediterraneans and Italians
200
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
What is 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
200
What territories came into U.S. possession 1898-1900
We gained, Florida Nebraska, Oregon, California, Alaska and Arkansas in the 1890s
200
Name and describe Rockefeller's business model
Vertical Integration: When one large corporation eats all the other ones and becomes a monopoly
200
What caused the decline of the Plains Indians
Manifest Destiny Land seems limited so government wanted control of Indian land Moved Indians to reserves and promised to compensate the tribes for it 1851- Plains Indians and US government meet at Ft. Laramie Wyoming where the Indians give up their land to the wagon trains coming from the East. → EXPANSION US government does not give Indians enough food and restricted their movement Indians dependent on gov and lose traditions and customs
300
What are settlement houses/What were their function?
To help to assimilate and ease the transition of immigrants into the labor force by teaching them middle-class American values. Ex: Hull-House in Chicago helped to educate immigrants by providing classes in history, art, and literature
300
What is the Platt Amendment
Cuba cannot borrow from anyone else without asking the US and Can determine their own government but US has to approve it. Limits the self-determination of the Cubans
300
What is the Bonus Army
WWI, The Great Depression, The WWI Veterans wanted to get paid extra money. March from Ohio to Washington DC (camps out on the mall). Never got their bonus money
300
Name and describe Carnegie's business model
Horizontal Integration is the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain. A company may do this via internal expansion, acquisition or merger. The process can lead to monopoly if a company captures the vast majority of the market for that product or service.
300
Reason for the transformation of America from agriculture to urban
-Lack of opportunity and rapid industrialization throw the people off the land. -Automation was valued over artisanship. -Persecution of minorities especially the Jews. European Jews worked as tailors and shopkeepers (lived in Ghettos)
400
What is the Chinese exclusionary Act?
- This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. - CA passed act saying come to America unless you’re Chinese -Lifted in 1965 b/c Chinese were our ally -1965 it was replaced by an Immigration act
400
What is the Teller Amendment
- Whatever land we obtain in the Spanish American war, we will let the people run/decide how they want to be governed - Rooted in our ideals of self determination of a people - Says after the war is over, the cuban people will determine on their own what kind of gov. They want
400
What is the Banking Crisis 1933
On March 3, 1933 Washington Governor Clarence Martin closed all Washington State banks and declared a three-day “bank holiday,” working with other state governments to pushing for the passage of a federally mandated bank holiday. The banks were not able to keep up the panicked withdrawals customers were making with their bank accounts. Resulting in the banks not being able to provide money that the customers put into the bank.
400
Name and describe Morgan's business model
Interlocking directorates / Holding Companies His approach to monopoly: goes in and finds a business that needs refinancing. He takes over it and puts his bank men on their board of directors Invests in a business. Gets controlling share. Puts his people on the board of directors
400
What does W.E.B. Dubois believe to be the best strategy for equality?
He thinks the best strategy is integration
500
The US will not only “world police”foreign countries , but intervene if we don’t like what foreign governments are doing
What is the Roosevelt Corollary 1901
500
What is the Indian Removal Act (Include relevant people, date, and definition)
-Signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy
500
What is Imperialism?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
500
What instigated the Omaha platform and what does it suggest?
Farmers want to see this silver in circulation so they aren’t constantly in debt to gov. Omaha platform suggests that: silver should be used as currency in a converted rate The USA should have a graduated income tax Idea that if there is a service in the US that affects everyone, then the government ought to own/regulate it.
500
What is the Tuskegee institute?
-Hands on skills -A place you go to get/learn skills in a particular area/field -Vocational training school for African Americans -Offering training in mechanical arts
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