Spanish American War
These 2 nations clashed in the 1898 Spanish-American War
Spain and the United States
These 3 amendments abolished slavery, granted citizenship, and gave Black men the right to vote
13th 14th and 15th amendment
This industrialist’s 1889 essay argued that the wealthy had a moral obligation to distribute their excess fortune for the betterment of society
Andrew Carnegie
This famous riot in Chicago significantly damaged the American labor movement by increasing an anti-union sentiment in America
The Haymarket riot
This president served in office for the first few months of 1865 until he was replaced due to his assassination
Aberham Lincion
These 3 nations were acquired after the United States won the Spanish-American War
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
This system kept many freed Black Southerners in a cycle of debt and poverty that closely resembled slavery
Sharecropping
This 1890 federal law was the first attempt to break up monopolies and trusts but was largely ineffective due to weak enforcement
the Sherman Antitrust Act
This 1894 strike began when this company cut wages without reducing rent in its company-owned town outside Chicago
Pullman Strike
This president fought in both the Mexican-American War and the Civil War
Grant
This event immediately prompted the Spanish-American War to occur
The explosion of the USS Maine
This 1877 compromise ended Reconstruction, withdrawing federal troops from the South in exchange for Hayes winning the presidency
Compromise of 1877
This political party of the 1890s represented farmers and laborers demanding railroad regulation, income tax, and direct election of senators
the Populist Party
This president used the federal government to break up the 1894 Pullman Strike, citing interference with U.S. mail delivery
Grover Cleveland
This president is best known for his extremely close 1876 election, which resulted in the 1877 compromise
Rutherford B. Hayes
This Treaty resulted in an end to the Spanish-American War
1898 Treaty of Paris
This term describes the system of laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War designed to restrict the freedom of Black Americans and maintain white supremacy
Black Codes
This philosophy championed by industrialists applied Darwin’s survival of the fittest to economics to justify massive wealth inequality
Social Darwinism
This 1892 violent strike at Carnegie’s Pennsylvania steel plant became a symbol of the brutal relationship between big business and labor
Homestead Strike
This president is one of the two presidents in United States history to serve 2 non consecutive terms
Grover Cleveland
This future U.S. president led the charge up San Juan Hill during the war
Theodore Roosevelt
This bill, vetoed by Lincoln, reflected a fundamental disagreement over whether reconstruction was a presidential or legislative power
Wade-Davis Bill
This Chicago meatpacking hub became notorious for its brutal and dangerous working conditions for immigrant laborers in the late 19th century
Union Stock Yards
This leader of the Pullman Strike was later jailed and while imprisoned read socialist literature, transforming him into a prominent socialist leader
Eugene V. Debs
The 21st president of the United States, this president is widely considered the least memorable president in United States history
Chester A. Arthur