Native Americans
What Native American didn't sign the Treaty of Ft. Laramie and eventually had to flee into Canada until the 1880s after the Battle of Little Bighorn
Chief Sitting Bull
Sacramento, CA
What was the first national park established by the Federal government?
Yellowstone National Park
What party was originally the party supporting slave holding which developed into a coalition of wealthy, working class, and rural white members and controlled NC state and local governments from 1876-1894?
Democratic Party
Thomas Edison
What SCOTUS case upheld a Louisiana law requiring “separate but equal” public facilities based on race?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What was the main entry point for immigrants on the east coast in the United States during 1880-1920? (name of place and city)
Ellis Island (New York)
Who owned Wilmington's black-owned newspaper The Wilmington Daily Record?
Alex Manly
White Declaration of Independence
What created temporary peace between Native Americans and the Federal government but forced the Sioux to live along the Missouri River?
Treaty of Ft. Laramie
Where did the Union Pacific Railroad begin construction?
Omaha, NE
What act gave 160 acres of land to any citizen over 21 who was the head of household?
Homestead Act
What party originally emerged as the anti-slavery party in the mid-1850s, though was not officially organized in NC until 1867 and whose platform consisted of free enterprise, racial toleration, and political equality for African Americans?
Republican Party
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What SCOTUS case said most laws about civil rights should be made by the states, not the federal government?
Slaughterhouse Cases
What was the main entry point for immigrants on the west coast of the United States during 1880-1920? name of place and city
Angel Island (San Francisco)
Who was the first black Congressman in the United States?
Hiram Revels
What was the name of the group that organized to intimidate black citizens from voting in the 1898 election? They held racist rallies, disrupted black church services and Republican meetings and patrolled streets with guns before the election to frighten blacks away from the polls.
Red Shirt Brigade
What act aimed to Americanize Native Americans and provided 160 acres of reservation land to each Native American Family?
Where did the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads meet?
Promontory, Utah (with the golden spike)
What act gave federal land to states to create universities with agricultural programs?
Morrill Act
What party rose to power in the later 1800s and was commonly referred to as the "people's party"?
Populist Party
Who invented the steam engine oil drill?
Edwin Drake
What SCOTUS case stated the fed government has the right to regulate private industries/business to serve the public’s best interest.
Munn v. Illinois
Why was the American Party known as the "Know Nothings"?
they used a secret handshake and said "I know nothing" when asked about their activities
What was the name of the racist Georgia woman who gave a white supremacist speech supporting the lynching of black men who had "inappropriate" relationships white women?
Rachel Felton
How did election day go on November 8, 1898?
Overall a fairly peaceful day, however reports of white supremacist Democrats stuffing ballot boxes.
Where did Col. Chivington murder over 150 (mostly women and children) Cheyenne?
Massacre at Sand Creek
List three things that happened in the Panic of 1893.
Stocks fell
People tried to exchange paper money for gold
Banks collapsed
People lost their life savings
What happened during the Oklahoma Land Rush?
people went to Oklahoma to claim land that was being given away....some arrived the night before and were called the "Sooners"
By mixing their votes, which two parties hoped to defeat the other party and regain control of local and statewide politics? They championed local self-government, free public education, and electoral reforms that would give black men the same voting rights as whites.
Fusion Movement
Who invented the process to make steel by injecting air into iron to remove carbon and impurities?
Henry Bessemer
What SCOTUS case said The 15th Amendment did not protect voting rights if they were denied for reasons other than race like poverty or illiteracy (think poll taxes and literacy tests)?
US v. Reese
How were most immigrants treated once they were in the US?
Where were most immigrants coming from between 1880 and 1920?
poorly, discriminated against, etc
Southern and Eastern Europe (still some from western Europe)
Who was the leader of the Democrats in 1898 who used gave a racist, supremacist speech at Thalian Hall the day before the election threatening to "choke the Cape Fear with carcasses?"
Alfred Moore Waddell
What was the name of the group of African Americans called to hear the demands placed in the White Declaration of Independence?
Committee of Colored Citizens
Where did the end of Native American resistance to settlers and US govt occur? This is where 350 Sioux were killed or left to freeze to death in the cold.
Wounded Knee Massacre
What group was formed to educate farmers on best practices and lobby the federal government to regulate railroads' shipping rates?
The Grange
What two North Carolina universities were created due to the Morrill Act?
NC State University
NC Agricultural and Technical State University
What group broke from the Republican party over laws to protect freedman?
Liberal Republican Party
Who invented the typewriter?
Christopher Sholes
What SCOTUS case stated that the 14th Amendment does not allow federal government to punish whites who violated civil rights of blacks?
US v. Cruikshank
List 2 push factors and 2 pull factors that brought immigrants here.
Push: Religious persecution, rising populations, job and food scarcity, high taxes
Pull: Job opportunities, higher wages, sense of independence
Describe the events of Nov 10, 1898 completely.
Describe the aftermath.
Best and most complete answer gets the points
Waddell leads crowd at Wilmington Light Infantry Armory awaiting response from Committee of Colored Citizens (which doesn't arrive in time).
Waddell leads crowd to Daily Record offices where they break in, destroy printing press and burn building to the ground, then posing for a picture.
Blacks arm themselves for protection, but mob of whites begins hunting down black men and killing them in the streets, others flee town.
Waddell and other leaders force resignations of mayor and Board of Alderman.
Waddell then "elected" mayor and appoints Dem Board of Alderman.
Aftermath:
All black employees or appointed officers fired or replaced.
Prominent African Americans arrested, jailed, banished or fled the city.
By 2022 the black population is less than 18% of the total population, seeing the lasting effects of Nov 1898.
Suffrage Amendment, etc
Why is Wilmington 1898 considered the only successful coup d'etat to occur on American soil?