Civil War/Reconstruction
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The North's plan for the Civil War to close off all ports and cut off supplies to the South.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
It prohibited Chinese people from immigrating to the US.
What is horizontal integration? Give an example.
A company buys out other businesses that do the same thing.
Example: Facebook bought Instagram and Snapchat to eliminate competition.
What two oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
Pacific and Atlantic
Wha did progressives think was responsible for solving societal problems?
The government
Who was John Brown, and why did he raid Harper's Ferry?
John Brown was a radical abolitionist. He raided the federal arsenal to attempt to start a slave rebellion.
What did WEB Dubois want for African Americans?
He wanted the "talented tenth" to fight for equal rights for African Americans. He also supported breaking free of the chains of "double consciousness"
Laissez faire economics means the government is hands off and doesn't regulate the economy
What is social darwinism?
The belief that some races are more evolved than others to be successful
Who is Upton Sinclair? What is he famous for? What did this lead to?
Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" which lead to the passing of the Food Inspection Act
What is the purpose of the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments?
To give rights to African Americans
Who belonged to the Populist Party?
Farmers affected by industrialization
Where were the new immigrants arriving from during the late 1800s?
Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia
How did the Roosevelt Corollary alter the Monroe Doctrine?
The US became the "police" of the Western Hemisphere. Roosevelt's diplomatic strategy became "walk softly with a big stick"
What did the Triangle Shirt Waist factory lead to?
After the tragedy, laws were passed to create fire safety codes in buildings.
Dred Scott sued for his freedom. The supreme court ruled that enslaved people do not have the right to sue.
Who was Eugene Debs?
What were conditions of a tenement home like?
Run down, over crowded, dirty, gross, etc.
Why did the US want an Open Door Policy with China?
To open up Chinese markets for trade
Who is Jacob Riis? What is he famous for?
He photographed tenement housing to expose poor conditions such as poverty and disease.
List two loopholes that kept newly freed African Americans from voting.
Grandfather clause, poll taxes, literacy tests
What is significant about Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Establishes that segregation - separate but equal - is legal.
How did Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt contribute to philanthropic causes?
They gave money to schools, museums, and concert halls.
Yellow journalism is sensationalized news stories. Yellow journalism spread the news that the USS Maine was attacked by Spain.
Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Burns