Historical Figures
Largest lynching in Tennessee which happened in Dyersburg
Who is Lation Scott?
A book by Andrew Carnegie explaining that people of wealth have a great responsibility to promote Americans and improve society
What is the Gospel of Wealth?
Organization in Pulaski, TN, which terrorized people of color, reconstruction advocates, and many more by burnings, beatings, and lynching.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Band on slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
Laws for segregation including: poll taxes, property qualifications, and literacy tests.
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
The owner of The Commodore Company which sold steamships and the founder of Vanderbilt University.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Wrote by Alfred Thayer Mahan an US admiral and assistant Secretary of the Navy, emphasizing how investing in a navy is crucial.
What was the “Influence of Sea Power Upon History?”
The south rewrote the reasons and happenings of the Civil War
What is the Lost Cause Myth?
Receive 160 acres for free to stay for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act?
A sliver mining town in Nevada known for drug and alcohol abuse.
What was Virginia City?
Became the first billionaire in the US and owner of the Standard Oil Company, also founded places like the University of Chicago, Colonial Williamsburg, and Historical Jamestown.
Who is J.D. Rockefeller?
Wrote by muckraker and journalist Jacob Riis who exposed problems in inter city society specifically to tenements
What is ”How the Other Half Lives?’
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Citizens have the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition on servitude.
What is the 15th amendment?
Connected the Eastern and Western parts of the US
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
“The Butcher,” a Spanish general who put Cubans in reconcentados to sort through the terrorists
Who is Valariano Weyler?
Deal made by Rutherford B. Hayes with Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina to end reconstruction if he won against Samuel J. Tilden in the presidential election.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Philosophy by Charles Darwin that we have “Natural leaders“ or “Superior Individuals” and wealth acquired by hard work represented God’s approval
What is Social Darwinism
Receive 360 acres, but must make irrigation systems
What is the Desert Land Act?
Created by Samuel Gompers and focused on the Big 3 industries: Factories, Oil, and Steel.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
American Admiral who led a fleet of ships to capture Manila bay supposedly in response to the explosion of the Battleship Maine in Cuba.
Who is George Dewy?
Put in place before withdrawing from Cuba: The US must approve all treaties, place a military base on Guantanamo Bay, and we maintain the right to intervene when seen fit
What is the Platt Amendment?
Speech given by Booker T. Washington, explaining that African Americans need a foundation. The Foundation being education to read, write, and contribute to a trade. In response, he founded the Tuskgee University for African Americans so they can gradually ease into society.
What is the Atlanta Compromise?
Being a US citizen grants equal protection under all US laws
What is the 14th amendment?
Military Governor of Cuba, sent to rebuild Cuba to reflect the US with government, schools, hospitals, and businesses.
Who is Lenard Wood?