Short Answer
Vocabulary
important events
take a chance
miscellaneous
100
when the southerners wanted to move on from their pre-civil war days of agriculture into industrialization.
What is the " New South "
100
taxes put on foreign goods
What are tariffs
100
President Lincoln won this election carrying the northern votes to his victory
What is the election of 1860
100
this amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol in America
What is the !8th amendment
100
giving the people within the territory the right to choose if they were a free state or not
What is popular sovereignty
200
A battle between the company and the workers. This strike affected people all over the country. Had a great influence on the publics thoughts about workers rights. The company owner cut wages without lowering the rent he made his workers pay to stay in the houses close to the job. The federal govt. was in the side on the company and sent a court order to end the strike. Arresting any who didn't comply
What is the Pullman Strike
200
former plantation owners divided their land and rented out each plot , or share to black families
What is sharecropping
200
a crusade against the use of alcohol.
What is Prohibition
200
this amendment gave women the right to vote
What is 19th amendment
200
withdrawing form a group or federation
What is secession
300
powerful organizations that controlled local gov. in many cities
What are political machines
300
a tax on something harmful or undesirable. for example alcohol or tobacco
What are sin taxes
300
when a slave's owner had taken him through free territory before they entered slave territory again. The slave believed he and his family deserved to be free. the courts ruled against him saying he had no rights to ask for a trial and therefore his case shouldn't have have made it this far.,
What is the Dred Scott Decision
300
gave the people the right of popular vote for their states senators
What is the 17th amendment
300
when the President allows a bill to expire on his desk while congress is out of session
What is a pocket veto
400
Young Men's Christian association
What does ymca / ywmca stand for
400
the act of coming in as an impartial third party
What is arbitration
400
this gold rush yielded nearly $300 million dollars worth of gold and silver
What is Comstock Lode
400
small towns that were put up on land not owned by anyone shanty towns
What are Hoovervilles
400
immigrants from northern and western Europe
who are old immigrants
500
the most influential person in American education
who is john Dewey
500
these people felt that the govt. should regulate business and believed that society had an obligation to protect and help all of its members. they wanted to reform the govt. to make it more efficient
What are progressives
500
created two large reservations on the plains for the Indians
What is the Indians peace commission
500
journalist who brought attention to the unsafe and corrupt practices of some bussiness
What are muckrackers
500
immigrants who came from eastern an southern Europe
who are new immigrants
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