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A political ideology formed on the basis that a politician should fight for "the people" against "the elite."
What is populism?
This famous African American educator and political activist believed in "accommodation" of white prejudice and segregation while African Americans became personally successful
Who is Booker T. Washington?
When a single company completely controls a market for a product/service
What is a Monopoly?
(True/False) Workers in the gilded age had rights afforded to them by companies who knew it was in their best interest to keep workers happy, so that they would not go to another company.
False- Workers often worked long hours, with little pay, in terrible conditions. Companies could get away with this because there was practically no alternative, as almost every company behaved the same way.
These laws QUIETLY (implicitly) restricted the rights of African Americans in the US after the end of the Civil War
What are Jim Crow Laws?
If you believe in personal responsibility for success, or that if you live in hardship it was your problem to solve, you believe in this theory
This famous African American educator and political activist believed that African Americans must fight for equal rights, as he believed those rights would never be granted to them "out of respect"
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
The act of multiple companies coming together to choose a minimum cost of their products
This railroad connected the Eastern and Western United States
This city's metal factories were so famous that a football team was named after them
A Christian movement that started in the late 1800s that argued there was a community responsibility to take care of those living in poverty or hardship
What is Social Gospel?
Booker T. Washington was a major founder of this prestigious university made to educate African Americans
Tuskegee Institute
(True/False) Wealthy industrialists in the late 1800s had very little power over the government, and often were bullied out of business by it.
False- Industrialists and their companies were extremely powerful, and used their money to bribe officials or deny services to coerce others to do what they wanted.
Though they had different goals, both the Dawes act and the Homestead act gave away _______
What is land? (up to 160 acres)
This is the name for the idea that those who lived in a country first were superior to the immigrants that moved there
The Patrons of Husbandry was a farmer's labor organization broken down into local units by a name that refers to grain. What is the name of these local units?
What is a Grange?
W.E.B. DuBois created this organization, whose goal was to uplift African Americans and fight to protect their rights in court
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Second Anti-trust act passed in the US that more effectively defined and enforced restrictions on groups of companies attempting to control markets and consumers
What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
These laws OPENLY (explicitly) restricted African American rights in the south after the end of the Civil War
What are Black Codes?
A group of immigrants that have formed a community in a city based on their shared culture
What is an Ethnic Cluster?
This man was a prominent populist and gave an infamous speech on bimetallism titled the "Cross of Gold" speech.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
W.E.B. DuBois wrote this book, which became one of his most famous works
What is "The Souls of Black Folk"?
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
This African American man started the Exoduster Movement, where he encouraged other African Americans to leave the South and move out West.
Who is Benjamin "Pap" Singleton?
This man was the infamous leader of Tammany Hall, a political machine in New York City