New South
Westward Expansion
Politics
Populism
Progressive Era
100

African American civil rights activist of the late 19th c and early 20th c; demanded immediate rights and equal access for the “talented tenth” of African American Youth; co-founder of NAACP

Who is W.E.B.DuBois?

100

the railroad company based on the West Coast that helped build the transcontinental railroad; starting point was Sacramento, California

What is the Central Pacific?

100
Giving a job to a political supporter

What is Patronage?

100

vast areas of grassland owned by the government where cattle could graze

What is range?

100

procedure for voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before his or her term has expired

What is recall?

200

early African American civil rights leader; established Tuskegee Institute; known for his “Atlanta Compromise” of 1895

Who is Booker T. Washington?

200

What occupations/industries pushed settlers west?

What are mining, ranching, cattle and farming

200

1896 Supreme Court decision allowing for “separate but equal” facilities

What is Plessy v. Fergeson?

200

the Supreme Court ruled in 1886 that only the federal government could regulate interstate commerce, leading to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

What is Wabash v. Illinois? 

200

carried an axe to beat down bars for the sake of temperance

Who is Carrie Nation?

300

speech given by Booker T. Washington that outlined his idea concerning African-American self-improvement through vocational education to achieve economic goals

What is the Atlanta Compromise?

300

the railroad company that began building of the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska

What is the Union Pacific?

300

Which president was assasinated over the issue of patronage?

Andrew Garfield

300

economic situation in which goods and services are more expensive, therefore causing a decline in the value of money

What is inflation?

300

early 20th century women’s movement that focused on reducing the consumption of alcohol and later pressing for prohibition.

What is the Women's Christian Temperance Movie?

400

taking away the right to vote

What is disfranchise?

400

absorbing of a weaker/smaller culture by a stronger/dominant culture

What is assimilation?

400

1883 legislation that attempted to replace the “spoils system” with a “merit system." In other words, people seeking government jobs would now have to pass a test to receive the job, based on merit.

What is the Pendleton Act?

400

the usage of both silver and gold as currency; Republicans believed in a money system based on the single gold standard, while the Democrats (Populists) believed in this

What is bimetallism?

400

Muckraker who wrote The Jungle, prompting passage of the Meat Inspection Act

Upton Sinclair

500

unfair tests administered to people in the South, to disfranchise black citizens

What are literacy tests?

500

1887 legislation passed as an attempt to assimilate the Indians by dividing reservations into individual pieces of land, breaking up the tribes

What is theDawes Severalty Act?

500

What is the Interstate Commerce Act

aka: The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry; founded by Oliver Kelley; promoted education and socialization of farmers

500

aka: The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry; founded by Oliver Kelley; promoted education and socialization of farmers

What is the Farmer's Alliance?

500

proposed legislation submitted to the voters for approval

What is referendum?

600

voting tax used to keep black people from voting

What are poll taxes?

600

1862 legislation to encourage the construction of a transcontinental railroad, connecting the West to industries in the Northeast (Union Pacific and Central Pacific RR)

What is the Pacific Railway Act?

600

the corrupt party boss of Tammany Hall

Who is Boss Tweed?

600

What is the Grange?

founded by Oliver Kelley; promoted education and socialization of farmers

600

The procedure by which citizens can propose legislation and requires the legislature to vote on it.

What is initiative?