Effects of Reconstruction
These laws, named after a caricature of legislation in the South, had very similar effects as the Black Codes of the Reconstruction era did
What are Jim Crow laws?
The Republican party's divided into two groups: the Stalwarts and the Half-breeds, who compromised by backing this presidential candidate in the Election of 1880. The human, not the orange cat.
Who is James A. Garfield?
Legislation in the South often ruled under the basis of "separate but ____," (a distinction that was ruled legal until it was overturned by Brown v. The Board of Education in 1954)
What is "equal"?
As a result of the improvement in steel quality, this Gilded Age man rose in ranks in Western Pennsylvania. Today, has a Pittsburgh college named after him. Or, rather, half named after him.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Many people in the Gilded Age applied the findings based on studies in the Galapagos to companies and groups of people, a phenomenon called this, partially named after the scientist who conducted said experiments
What is Social Darwinism?
In response to the reintroduction of literacy tests and and other attempts to prevent Black suffrage, the US ratified this, though its effectiveness was minimal in many regions, especially in the deep South
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
The Election of 1888 was won by Benjamin Harrison as a result of this two-word term for a tax on imported goods, a continuity from before the US won its independence
What is protective tariffs?
The Panic of 1893, much like the crash of the stock market in the 20th century, resulted in a(n) ____ crisis
What is economic?
The living conditions in these packed apartment buildings, whose name has a number hidden in it, were often very poor, like their residents, usually
What are tenements?
Henry Clay Frick hired around 300 mercenaries from this colorful agency during the conflicts of the Homestead Strike in 1892
What is the Pinkerton Agency?
In this court case, in an attempt to bring attention to the unfair segregation in Louisiana, a man of 1/8 African descent purposefully sat in a white-only train car
What is Plessy v. Furguson?
In the election of 1876, this president narrowly defeated Samuel J. Tilden, but he was not recognized until the unofficial Compromise of 1877, just before his inauguration
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
This man, whose name and middle initial sounds like a court case, was president of the American Railway Union and later the leader of the socialist party for about 20 years
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
The quality of working conditions in factories was often subpar, as exemplified by this company town, where rent rose and wages diminished. The residents could've used a "push," so to speak.
What is Pullman, IL?
The Democratic Party ended up adopting the ideals of this 1892 political party of the people, a party which favored battling income inequality, a graduated income tax, and the right to unionize, among other things
What is the Populist Party?
The xenophobia of the Reconstruction era expanded from African-Americans to many immigrants from South and Eastern Europe as well as Asia, especially from this country, whose people were the target of a specific racist act in 1882
What is China?
(Chinese Exclusion Act)
The runner-up for the presidency in the Election of 1892 was this "Cross of Gold" orator
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
Edward was the second name of four of this man, who supported the "Talented Tenth" argument of equality and assimilation
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
What is the Social Gospel?
This movement, whose name is shared by the surname of a Harry Potter character, spurred the creation of an organization that protected farmers, the Farmer's Alliance
What is the Granger Movement?
Racist sentiment in the South continued after the Reconstruction Era, as documented by this woman, who recorded over 4000 lynchings from the 1890s to the 1950s
Who is Ida B. Wells?
In this election, Grover Cleveland was elected for his first term, a term which saw May Day and the Haymarket Square Riot not two years later
What is the Election of 1884?
The decision of United States v. this company, that controlled 98% of the sugar refining industry at the time, further weakened the power of the Sherman Antitrust Act
What is the E.C. Knight Company?
Camera quality expanded in the Gilded Age, including the incorporation of the flash, which this photographer used to publish "pieces" that spread awareness of the very poor conditions in many urban areas
Who is Jacob Riis?
Like Democratic-Republicans back in the 18th century, the rulings for this group of cases favored a strict interpretation of the wording of the Constitution, focusing on the use of the word "state"
What are the Civil Rights Cases?