ACTS
Amendments
People
Misc
Founding Fathers
100
This act allotted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land for farming; single adults received 80 acres, and 40 acres were allotted for children
What is Dawes Act of 1888
100
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude It officially ended slavery in the USA Was passed in 1865
What is 13th Amendment
100
used the Bessemer Steel Process to create a monopoly in the steel industry He had libraries and buildings built in his name Wrote the Gospel of Wealth
What is Andrew Carnegie
100
"Out of Many, one" Proposed to Congress in 1782 as the unofficial motto for the United States Symbolized the 13 original colonies uniting together to form one compact and represented body
What is "E Pluribus Unum"
100
representative from Massachusetts, president of the Continental Congress in 1775, first to sign the D of I
What is John Hancock
200
government supported settlement in the Great Plains For a $10 registration fee an individual could file for settlement. They could claim up to 160 acres of public land and could receive the title to the land if they lived on the land for 5 years.
What is Homestead Act of 1862
200
The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied by race, color or previous condition of servitude 1870
What is 15th Amendment
200
African American woman and leader in the anti-lynching crusade and women's suffrage movement
What is Ida B Wells
200
Survival of the fittest Human society had evolved through competition and natural selection Only the strongest survived
What is Social Darwinism
200
signer of D of I, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Senator from Maryland
What is Charles Carroll
300
Signed in 1973 These laws over time showed vast improvements in some areas of species that were endangered
What is Endangered Species Act
300
(1913) - Direct election of senators
What is 17th Amendment
300
author; wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the US meat packing industry, causing a public uproar and leading to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
What is Upton Sinclair
300
Popular authors and reformers who published truthful reports involving social issues
What is Muckrakers
300
representative from New York at the Continental Congress, signer of the D of I, helped to negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783) that ended the American Revolution, diplomat to England in late 1700s
What is John Jay
400
provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines
What is Pure Food and Drug Act
400
All persons born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens of the U.S. No state should deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process or law Can not deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws 1868
What is 14th Amendment
400
(September 6, 1860 - May 21, 1935) was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago. Its facilities included a night school for adults, kindergarten classes, clubs for older children, a public kitchen, an art gallery, a coffeehouse, a gym, a girls' club, a bathhouse, a book bindery, music school, a drama group, and a library, as well as labor-related divisions. Her adult night school was a forerunner of the continuing education classes offered by many universities today.
What is Jane Addams
400
opposed to the new waves of immigrants Competition for resources (jobs, living space, etc) created tension and division between racial and ethnic groups Some minority groups faced exclusion from employment or housing
What is Nativism
400
active clergyman, New Jersey representative that signed the D of I, later president of the modern Princeton University
What is John Witherspoon
500
First major law restricting immigration to the USA. It was enacted in response to economic fears, especially on the West Coast, where native born Americans attributed unemployment and declining wages to immigrant workers
What is Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
500
(1913) - Income Taxes, the purpose was to raise revenue for government programs and reduce reliance on tariffs
What is 16th Amendment
500
helped found the NAACP, he encouraged a liberal arts education for African American civil rights leaders
What is W. E. B. Dubois
500
The 48 mile international waterway allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving about 8,000 miles from journey around South America (Cape Horn) The United States completed this project in the early 1900s
What is Panama Canal
500
from Pennsylvania, treasurer of the US Mint from 1797 to 1813
What is Benjamin Rush
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