Reconstruction
This is land taken from former slave owners and given to former slaves
What is Sherman Land?
This was a belief that societal progress came from relentless competition in which the strong prevail and the weak die
What is social darwinism?
This man was associated with the Knights of Labor, a union that was targeted after the Haymarket bombing and caused the unpopularity of unions
Who is Terence V. Powderly?
The precursor to This group was the Farmer's Alliance and their objective was economic democracy and to empower the people
What is the Populist Party?
This type of journalism exposed corruption in big business and government
What is muckraking?
This was an Act passed to militarily enforce provisions of reconstruction such as enforcing equal legal rights and the ballot
What is the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?
This was a railroad tycoon who speculated on RR and kept control of telegraph lines being known as the Spider
Who was Jay Gould?
In This system a boss would provide services in exchange for political support and was often a corrupt system
What is bossism?
Andrew Carnegie utilized the Pinkerton Detective Agency to break this strike, solidifying his legacy amongst those who were against the unionization of workers
What is the Homestead Lockout?
This case reversed a previous ruling and limited the hours women could work in a day to ten
This demanded Senate approval for any official appointed by the Senate
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
This is the financial and political domination of financial institutions and financiers
What is finance capitalism?
This was an 1877 nationwide uprising where nearly 100,000 workers walked off the job
What is the Great Railroad Strike?
This was a miner's strike over a ten hour workday
What is the Cripple Creek strike?
This gave the ICC the power to set rates subject to court review
What is the Hepburn Act?
This is a white southerner who voted for the Republican Party and was classified as a race traitor
What is a scalawag?
This law was passed to limit immigration based on the growing popularity of Sinophobia in 1882
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This man designed Central Park in NYC
Who is Frederick Law Olmstead?
She was the president of the WCTU and changed their view of alcoholism from sin to disease
Who is Frances Willard?
This prohibited rebates but ultimately failed
What is the Elkins Act?
In These cases, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th amendment only protected the rights and liberties granted by the federal government and not rights that were under state authority
What are the Slaughterhouse cases?
This Dutch immigrant was a photojournalist who wrote a best-selling book about the living conditions of immigrants
Who is Jacob Riis?
This was the nation's grandest world's fair, hosted in Chicago in 1893
What is the World's Columbian Exposition?
This was a group of unemployed men who marched to Washington D.C. to urge congress to enact a public works program in 1894
What was Coxey's Army?
This Republican converted to Progressivism and capitalized on the reform movement to launch their political career
Who is Robert LaFollette