Reconstruction
This was an organization that terrorized black people and white Republicans to keep them from voting in elections
Ku Klux Klan
Former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains.
Exodusters
This legislation called for truth in labeling, so that consumers knew what they were purchasing
Pure Food and Drug Act
Filipino leader who fought against the Spanish before the Spanish-American War and against the Americans after the war.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Which economic policy believes the government should leave businesses alone?
Laissez-Faire economic policy
This outlawed slavery in all states.
13th Amendment
This is where 146 female workers died in a fire in 1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
This is a decentralized private banking system under government control
Federal Reserve System
It's criticism of the American president caused American resentment toward Spain to turn to outrage.
The de Lome Letter
This organization was started by W.E.B. Dubois and Ida B. Wells in an effort to create equality amongst the races.
NAACP
Before the Civil War ended, the Union government set up the Freedmen's Bureau to
Help former slaves and poor whites living in the South
This is what Social Darwinism discourages
Government Regulation
Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people
Progressivism
This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a famous land battle near Santiago, Cuba.
Rough Riders
Who started the Tuskegee Institute and what was it's purpose?
Booker T. Washington and to educate African Americans in a trade. Known as a vocational school.
This stated, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
15th Amendment
What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce during the late 1800s?
Competition
What was the 16th Amendment and why was it passed?
Created a graduated income tax in an effort to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor.
In 1899, the United States urged other nations to allow free trade in China. This approach to dealing with China was known as...
Open Door Policy
President whose actions split the Republican party after he angered both progressives and conservationists.
William H. Taft
What did sharecropping and tenant farming have in common during Reconstruction?
They both drove freemen into a life of debt peonage (slavery).
Bimetallism would allow for the exchange of paper currency for
Gold and Silver
What did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson help to create?
How did the outcome of the Spanish-American War change U.S. foreign policy?
Shifted toward imperialism
Who created the U.S. National Park Service?
Woodrow Wilson