Culture and Politics
Period of intense industrialization, urbanization, and immigration in the late 19th century America where big company owners held the majority of power.
What is The Gilded Age?
American inventor credited with the development of the electric light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Monumental transportation system completed in 1869
Transcontinental Railroad
This amendment to granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves.
What is the 14th Amendment?
One of most wealthy American entrepreneurs of the era, founded the Standard Oil Company
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Term referring to the mass movement of settlers to the western United States following the Civil War.
What is Westward Expansion?
Treaty ending the Spanish-American War and resulting in the US acquiring territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
American inventor who revolutionized communication with the invention of the telephone in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Act passed in 1865 that gave Americans 40 acres and a mule to encourage westward expansion.
What is the Homestead Act?
Landmark Supreme Court case upholding racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal."
What is "Plessy v. Ferguson"?
Labor union who sought to organize skilled workers into a single union and advocated for better wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions.
What is The Knights of Labor?
Act aiming to assimilate Native Americans into American society by encouraging them to adopt traditional American cultural and agricultural practices.
What is the Dawes Act?
Economic theory, popularized by Adam Smith advocating for minimal government intervention in markets and emphasizing free trade and competition.
What is laissez-faire capitalism?
Government agency tasked with regulating interstate commerce and ensuring fair business practices in industries such as railroads and telecommunications.
What is the Interstate Commerce Comission(ICC)?
Act passed in 1882 restricting immigration into the United States, particularly targeting Chinese immigrants.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?