Farmers
The increased development of Western lands was a major result of what Act?
What is the Homestead Act of 1862
The main benefits that labor unions of the late 19th century tried to gain for their members
What are wages and hours
The Gentlemen’s Agreement, literacy tests, and the quota system were all attempts by Congress to restrict
What is Immigration
A major experience of Black Americans in Southern states during the period 1880-1930
What is they were denied civil rights
During the 19th century, what was the major reason that an increasing number of states established public schools and passed compulsory education laws?
What is a feeling that society needed an educated, literate population for a successful democracy.
This factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?
What is the construction of railroads west of the Mississippi
The railroad strikes of 1877, the Haymarket Affair of 1886, and the Pullman strike of 1894 show that labor unions of that period were
What is they were willing to use force to achieve their goals
The quote “America is for Americans” expresses a common belief been of what anti-immigrant group
What is Nativist
The philosophies of Booker T. Washington and of W.E.B. DuBois differed most with regard to the
What is the best response of African Americans to racial segregation
Supreme court Case that stated the States are able to regulate the RR’s for the benefit of farmers and consumers
What is MUNN v. ILLINOIS, 1877
The movement of the 1890's was a political coalition of farming interests directed against banking and railroad interests.
What is The Populist Movement
The basic meaning of laissez-faire capitalism
What is "hands off" , no government regulation
This political party was created as a result of the rising tide against immigration in the 1850's
What is the Know Nothing Party
Booker T. Washington believed that African Americans should focus on ...
What are Trades/vocations
Debs and Gompers are associated with
What are labor unions
This act encouraged Native American Indians to give up their traditional cultures
What is the Dawes Act in 1887
A way to explain Social Darwinism
What is "survival of the fittest"
A reason the United States placed few restrictions on immigration during the 1800's
What is the need for cheap labor
This Supreme Court Case established "separate but equal".
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Mother Jones helped to end ...
What is Child Labor
What economic concept is central to this quote? “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”– William Jennings Bryan
What is bimetallism
2 ways to explain Carnegie and Rockefeller
What are Robber Barons/Captains of Industry and philanthropists
“The growth of a large business is merely survival of the fittest". What concept was John D. Rockefeller expressing
What is social darwinism
What national organization did W.E.B. DuBois help to create?
What is the Niagara Movement
In order to do well on the chapters 5-8 test, a student should
What is study.
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