Gilded Age
Explain the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad on westward expansion.
It allowed people to go West much faster
What was the purpose of the Pure Food and Drug Act?
To make food and medicine safer for the public by making companies be honest about what was in their products
Define the term "recall" in the context of Progressive reforms.
the people voting to remove a candidate from office
What did Susan B. Anthony advocate for?
women's sufferage/right to vote
What did the Eighteenth Amendment prohibit?
alcohol
Define the Gilded Age. What were its key characteristics?
the late 1800s and early 1900s; poverty, monopolies, inequality, urbanization, industrialization
What was the role of the Interstate Commerce Act?
The first law to regulate big business; required the railroads to give people a fair price
What was the primary goal of the initiative process?
to give people more of a say in lawmaking
What organization did Jane Addams help found and what was it's goal?
Hull House; to help poor immigrants (bonus points for naming education, assimilation, help with jobs)
What did the Sixteenth Amendment establish?
income tax
How did the rise of big business during the Gilded Age influence socio-economic divisions in American society?
they made the rich richer and the poor poorer
What is the National Park System and who helped establish it?
The government agency responsible for creating and managing national parks; Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir
What was the outcome of the 1912 presidential election for Theodore Roosevelt?
He both lost and split the vote, allowing Woodrow Wilson to win
What was W.E.B. DuBois’s view on education for African Americans?
They should get higher eduction/college degrees
Evaluate the effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 on U.S.- China relations.
Since it made it so Chinese people couldn't immigrate to the US... [give them the points if they try to evaluate past this]
What obstacles did Jim Crow laws create for African Americans?
kept them from voting, kept them in lower-quality education; allowed for them to be lynched
What was the Populist Party primarily made up of?
the common man/workers
What role did Ida B. Wells play in advocating for civil rights?
Brought attention to lynching and other racial violence through journalism/muckraking and also fought for women's rights
What was the significance of the 19th amendment?
allowing women to vote allowed them to further influence the process of gaining rights
Describe the role of political machines in urban politics during the late 1800s.
They used their influence to bribe/intimidate people into voting for them and kept large amounts of public funds to themselves
Explain how the Homestead Act contributed to the closing of the frontier.
After all the land was given to specific people, there was no more frontier
How did the Progressive Era influence the role of the president and the federal government?
The government became hands-on instead of hands-off/laissez-faire; people looked to the federal government to solve their problems
Who was Upton Sinclair and what did he aim to expose in his work?
The author of The Jungle; the conditions in the meat industry
What are the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, AKA the Reconstruction Amendments.
ended slavery, gave equal protection, gave black men the right to vote