Civil War/ Reconstruction
Abolitionists
(1862) law that provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
Homestead Act
Name for any gilded age investigative journalist
muckraker
a multi-dwelling building, often poor or overcrowded
The long term (M.A.I.N) causes of WWI?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
a railroad that would cross the continent and connect the East to the West in 1869
transcontinental railroad
Northerners who migrated to the South during Reconstruction
Carpetbagger
Allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals as a legal tender
Bimetallism
(1890) a law that tried to regulate trusts. It favored businesses rather than workers and was originally used to break up labor unions.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
(1894) strike in Chicago led by Eugene Debs for railroad workers that spread nationwide. President Grover Cleveland called in federal troops to put down the strike.
Pullman Strike
The agreement signed by Germany where they pledged to not sink ships without warning
Sussex Pledge
This leader advocated for african americans to quickly integrate into American society through equal rights and education
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Supreme Court case which ruled that because African Americans were not citizens, they had no right to sue in court.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
party formed in 1892 whose platform focus was on coinage of silver and gold in addition to other progressive ideas (hugely supported by farmers)
Populism or Populist Party
Business leaders who built a fortune from questionable or unethical practices
Robber Baron
Political machine of New York City that was well-known for its corruption, led by William "Boss" Tweed
Tammany Hall
Lend-Lease Act
"Oil Baron", Standard Oil, used horizontal integration
John D. Rockefeller
The compromise which allowed California to be a slave and created the Fugitive Slave Act.
Compromise of 1850
Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land
Dawes Act
Workers went on strike when wages were lowered, bringing trains in the West to a standstill
Pullman Strike 1894
The belief that native-born Americans were superior to others & immigrants were undesirable.
Nativism
The "big three" met and agreed to invade France during WWII. Who are the big three and what is the name of the conference?
1. Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin
2. Tehran Conference
Economic philosophy that stated that business and the economy would run best with no interference from the government
Laissez- Faire
Black Codes
Laws which regulated railroad and grain storage rates.
Granger Laws
technique used by Carnegie where he combined into one organization all phases of manufacturing from mining to marketing.
Vertical Integration
Some progressive believed that many of the nation's problems were tied in with the consumption and sale of alcohol. This led to which movement?
The Temperance Movement
The cold-war era idea that if one country becomes "communist" so will its neighbors.
Domino Theory
Muckraker responsible for exposing business practices of Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell