Significant People
Who tried to persuade the federal government to enact anti-lynching legislation and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
Ida B. Wells
What was the idea that some in society are innately fitter to be successful than others?
Social Darwinism
What act limited immigration of a certain race of people in 1882?
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
What was the scandal where government officials pocketed grants meant to go to railroad companies?
Credit Mobilier Scandal
What is the Protestant ideology called where Christian values are applied to promote better living conditions?
Social Gospel
Who was the main proponent of the Gospel of Wealth?
Andrew Carnegie
When an African American man refused to leave a whites-only railway car and was arrested, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was constitutional under the doctrine of "separate but equal." What court case is this?
What was the name of the organization of farmers that formed due to rising tensions from mechanization and railroad monopolies in 1867?
The Grange
What treaty closed the Bozeman trail, created a Sioux reservation, and gave the ownership of the Black Hills to the native population?
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
What phrase envisioned a post-Reconstruction Southern economy modeled on the North’s embrace of the Industrial Revolution?
The New South
Who saved the U.S. Treasury and economy in 1895?
J. Pierpont Morgan
What is the name of the growing political party that advocated for a government takeover of industries for the benefit of all?
Socialist/"People's" Party
What was the name of the act that encouraged westward migration in 1862?
Homestead Act of 1862
What act in 1887 tried to civilize Native Americans by making them self-supporting farmers?
Dawes Act of 1887
What monetary standard did Democrats support?
Silver standard
Who was involved with the populist party and based their platform on the grievances of farmers?
Mary Elizabeth Lease
What was the name of the act that led to increased national transportation in 1862?
Pacific Railroad Act
What was the name of the act that was passed in 1890 to address concerns about high prices on consumer goods and the threat of monopolistic corporations?
Sherman Antitrust Act
What was the name of the anti-immigrant organization that demanded more restrictive immigration laws and spread anti-Catholic conspiracies?
American Protective Association (APA)
What women’s rights organization formed in 1890 to promote women’s suffrage?
NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association)
Who tried to change the way natives were being treated in their writing A Century of Dishonor?
Helen Hunt Jackson
What was the name of the act that led to civil service tests in an attempt to stop patronage?
Pendleton Act of 1883
What event occurred after Andrew Carnegie’s mill decided to cut workers’ wages by nearly 20% in Pittsburgh?
Homestead Strike of 1892
What was the concept that Horatio Alger wrote about in his novels in response to America’s unequal distribution of wealth?
"Self-made man"
What job did the invention of the lightbulb create for women?
Switchboard worker