People and Ideas
Who and why was the term Gilded Age coined
Mark Twain
Describes the problems of society being masked by a thin layer of gold
This amendment banned slavery
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associated with creating a monopoly
trusts
Steel
Carnegie
People who moved from the North to the South during Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers
The President who took over when Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
Amendment that Granted birthright citizenship and (overturned Dred Scott)
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People in congress that advocated for harsh punishments for southern states and wanted total equality for African American
Radical Republicans
Oil
Rockafellar
Advocated for wealthy individuals to give back to society
Gospel of Wealth
Despite being considered a war hero, his presidency was riddled with corruption under the Spoils System
Ulysses S Grant
Amendment that Granted suffrage to Black men
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Survival of the fittest applied to business
Social Darwinism
Banking
JP Morgan
Domestic terrorist group pervasive in the South
Ku Klux Klan
Former Slave who Advocated blacks to gain an education and learn a trait
Booker T Washington
Federal government could investigate trusts, strengthened in the 1900s
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
owning all aspects of production of a business (start to
finish)
Vertical Integration
Railroads
Vanderbilts
Supreme Court Case which deemed "Separate but Equal" constitutional
Plessy V Ferguson
A political party that emerged during the Gilded Age which largely represented the farmers in the West and called for "Silver" standard and direct election of senators
The Populist Party
Signified the end of Reconstruction Era
Compromise of 1877
Rutherford B Hayes (Rep) elected President in exchange for all Federal Troops being withdrawn from the South
Name and describe the main profession available to blacks in the South post Civil War
Sharecropping
Students must fully and accurately explain.
when one firm acquires another firm operating in the same industry or producing the same line of products.
horizontal integration
3 ways Blacks were kept from voting
1. Literacy Tests
2. Poll Taxes
3. KKK