Reconstruction
Essay written by W.E. Du Bois that talks about the part of Black Folk played in Reconstruction
Black Reconstruction
Gilded Age
Phrase coined from the poem by Rudyard Kipling which was used to justify American political intervention overseas. This was especially prevelant during the Philippines - American War, acquisition of Hawaii, Platt Amendment
White Man's Burden
Preiod of US history named because of the various progressive movements happening during this period
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(200 extra points): What were some of the reforms the groups where pushing for? How was this also an era of repression?
Progressive Era
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Potential points: Black Americans fighting for civil rights, women's suffrage, workers rights and unions, Ludlow massacre, eugenics, immigration restrictions
Jim Crow laws
Book written by Henry George
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Bonus 100 points: What was his main argument?
Progress and Poverty
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There's no reason to be poor in America, American success is not fairly distributed
Refers to conflict where America supported Cuban revolutionaries in their fight for independence from Spain
Spanish - American War
Union founded by 200 socialists, anarchists, and radical trade unionists that was aimed at organizing all workers in any industry
IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)
Legislative act which aimed to suppress anti-war sentiment and severely restricted first-amendment rights which often targeted immigrants, labor unions, and political radicals
Espionage Act of 1917
Open-ended question: The American Yawp argues that Reconstruction "was a moment of revolutionary possibility and violent backlash." What was the potential of this possibility, and what role did violence toward this possibility serve?
*to earn points the group must attempt to answer the short answer question
Possibility: could mention how the beginning of Reconstruction was a hopeful time for Black folks (rise of political participation, Civil Rights Act, 13-15 amendments)
Violence: could mention Rise of KKK, Texas Rangers, Black Codes aimed to stifle advancements and put Black folks "in their place"
Refers to a wage based economy where private citizens or businesses own production means for profit
Capitalism
One of the many pieces of legislation designed to take away Native land and give it Americans - Allowed Male U.S. citizens to claim 160 acres of Native land upon the condition of "improving" the land
Homestead Act of 1862
American Anarchist and Feminist who was skeptical of the Women's Suffrage movement
Emma Goldman
The message sent from Germany to Mexico offering to help Mexico regain land that the US took after the Mexican-American War
Zimmerman Telegram
Application of "survival of the fittest" theory to American economics (during this time)
Social Darwinism
Native American ritual tied to a prophecy where ancestors would rise, buffalo would come back, and colonizers would disappear that would lead to increased violence against Natives and would eventually be banned by the US gov't
Ghost Dance
Strike where National Guard was called in to break it up and opened fire on camps where workers were living and set them on fire
Ludlow Massacre of 1914
Method of production that had people people working at one stage of production instead of one person building the whole product which dramatically speeds up production
Taylorism
Refers to period of time where there was increased violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans, from 1910-1920
La Matanza
Riot started by Carmelita Torres who inspired the women she was traveling to the US from Mexico to refuse the order to bathe
El Paso Bath Riots of 1917
Upon getting arrested under the Espionage Act, Emma Goldman explains that she practices patriotism that "loves America with open eyes". What did she mean?
"Enchanted by her beauty and yet who cannot be blind to her defects", we can love America but in that love we cannot be blind to the country's faults and areas of improvement