Reconstruction
Westward Expansion
Populism
Industrialization
Misc.
100
The purpose of Reconstruction.
What is to rebuild the South politically and socially after the Civil War?
100
This doctrine justified American expansion across the continent, based on the belief that it was the nation's destiny.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
A grievance the farmers had during Westward Expansion.
What are high debts?
What are high railroad shipping rates?
What is lack of support from the government?
100
The time period when the Industrial Revolution came about.
When is the late 1800s?
When is the late 19th century?
100
Investigative journalists who sought to expose the corruption in big businesses and political schemes.
Who are Muckrakers?
200
The deal that officially ended reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
200
This policy aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting them individual plots of land.
What is the Dawes Act?
200
The monetary policy advocated for by populists.
What is bimetallism?
200
Two negative impacts of industrialization.
What is the growth of big business?
What is poor living conditions?
What is poor working conditions?
200
The political movement that arose from Industrialization.
What is Progressivism?
300
This group used violence and intimidation against African Americans and their allies to undermine Reconstruction efforts.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
300
This battle in 1876 resulted in a significant victory for Native American forces against U.S. troops, led by General Custer.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
300
The Populist Party's Presidential candidate in 1896.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
300
Two positive impacts of the Industrial Revolution.
What is improved technology?
What is more jobs?
What is increased immigration?
What is improved transportation?
300
Companies that complete dominate and control their industry. Think Standard Oil and US Steel.
What is a monopoly?
400
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
400
A conflict or hostility between different ethnic groups, often arising from competition for resources, political power, or cultural differences, leading to tension, discrimination, and violence.
What is ethnic antagonism?
400
A critique of Populism.
What is it oversimplified solutions complex issues?
What is it only was for farmers in the South and the West?
400
This movement aimed to improve labor conditions and rights during the Industrial Revolution, leading to the formation of labor unions.
What is the labor movement?
400
The governments response to monopolies.
What is they eventually broke up monopolies?
500
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
500
An example of ethnic antagonism during westward expansion?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
What is the forced assimilation of Native American?
500
A reason William Jennings Bryan lost the 1896 election?
What is he did not win a state in the Northeast?
What is Laborers in the North did not support Bimetallism?
What is the Republicans were more organized?
500
The type of corruption that took place in the governments of big cities like Chicago and New York. Think Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.
What is political corruption?
500
The problem that the Muckraker Upton Sinclair brough attention to in The Jungle.
What is the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry.