Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age (Ch. 23)
This President found success in his election with his "waving the bloody shirt" campaign.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This anti-competitive practice is when companies, such as Pepsi, merge with companies that sell a similar product to them, such as Coca Cola.
What is horizontal integration?
This man's ideas about natural selection and evolution were often viewed as false and blasphemy by Christians of this time period.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This Indian War was the final battle between the Sioux and the U.S. government, resulted in around 300 dead Sioux members, and is often referred to as a "massacre".
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?
This country was annexed by the United States in 1989, despite opposition from many Americans such as William James.
What are the Philippines?
What American political party was created as an attempt to stop the re-election of Ulysses B. Grant and had Horace Greeley as its candidate?
What is the Liberal Republican party?
This businessman is known for holding a monopoly on the transcontinental railroad industry from the late-1800s to the early-1900s.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This woman quickly earned fame from starting settlement houses for her community, and her work inspired others to follow in her footsteps.
Who is Jane Addams?
This party was founded in 1874 with the main goal of making farmers' lives better and ran candidates in three Presidental elections.
What is the Greenback Labor Party?
This American naval ship sunk in Cuba, taking nearly 300 American sailors' lives, resulting in its sinking acting as a fuel for yellow journalism leading into the Spanish-American war.
What is the USS Maine?
This Supreme Court Case upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This economic system is one in which transactions between private parties are free from government intervention such as regulation, privileges, tariffs, and subsidies.
What is laissez-faire?
This union/league was founded in an attempt to promote prohibition across the United States.
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union or the Anti-Saloon League? (Either answer is okay)
The ____________ authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship.
What is the Dawes Severalty Act?
This war resulted in Teddy Roosevelt receiving a disputed Nobel Peace Prize for his role in helping the two powers negotiate an end to the war.
What is the Russo-Japanese war?
This candidate represented the Populists or People's Party in the Election of 1892, receiving 8.5% of the popular vote and 22 electoral votes.
Who is General Weaver?
This riot amongst the Knights of Labor and police forces resulted in at least 8 deaths and ultimately the downfall of the secretive union.
What is the Haymarket Square riot?
These series of laws made it a federal offense to disseminate birth control through the mail or across state lines.
What are Comstock Laws?
This person gave the "Cross of Gold" speech, in which they supported "free silver" and that it would bring the nation prosperity.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
The acquisition of this naval base in Cuba was a result of the treaty between the U.S. and Spain in the Spanish-American War.
What is the Guantanamo Naval Base?
This act mandated that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
What is the Pendleton Act?
The _____ _____ was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness.
What is Gibson Girl?
This man was a writer of young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.
Who is Horatio Alger?
The treaties at Fort ______ and Fort _______ in 1851 and 1853 created a reservation system for Native Americans.
What is Laramie and Atkinson?
This country expressed extreme concern, disgust, and anger towards the U.S. after lynchings took place of 11 ______-Americans in New Orleans by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy.
What is Italy?