Reconstruction
Which innovations transformed the nature of economic activity in the United States?
(min name one major innovation)
Railroads!! and Assembly lines
-when in doubt guess RAILROADS!!
Which late 1800's to early 1900's group is BEST characterized by this list?
-Overcrowded tenement apartments
-Dangerous working conditions
-Segregated ethnic neighborhoods
IMMIGRANTS! (in urban areas)
During the late 1800's and early 1900's, the term robber baron best defined a person who did what?
used ruthless and unethical business tactics
This law was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
-Direct Election of Senators
-Elimination of the Gold Standard
-Government ownership of Railroads
These proposals in the list were supported by which political group?
Populist Party
According to the theory of laissez faire, the economy functions best when the government…
does not interfere in business
Most of the immigrants during 1890-1914 were from...
southern and eastern Europe
What limited the growth of labor unions during the late 1800's?
Most employers were very hostile toward worker's efforts to organize
What factor led many African Americans to move away from the South after Reconstruction?
To move away from Jim Crow laws & move toward job opportunities in Northern factories
-(African Americans will still face prejudices in the North)
Powerful industrialist like Carnegie and Rockefeller were called both "Captains of Industry" and "Robber Barons" because...
they provided new goods and services while underpaying their laborers
What milestone was completed in 1869 in US transportation history?
What helped immigrants adjust to city life in the late 19th century?
settlement houses!
During the late 19th century Social Darwinism justified which situation?
the uneven distribution of wealth
The outbreak of the Great Plain Wars in the 1870s were caused by...
What amendment will grant suffrage rights to women?
The 19th Amendment!
What court case will make segregation legal for over 60 years in American History?
Plessy v. Ferguson! :(
What was the importance of Jacob Riis and his novel "How the Other Half Lives"
His photographs and descriptions revealed the harsh conditions of tenement life
J.P Morgan was to banking as _______ was to Oil.
Hint: What person in American History started the Standard Oil Company?
Rockefeller!
Ida B. Wells, W. E. B Du Bois, and other civil rights leaders are attributed in creating what organization?
You have to know what the acronym means to receive full credit!
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What Amendment will create a graduated income tax on Americans?
The 16th Amendment!
How did the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad affect the demographics of the United States during Reconstruction?
-It encouraged western expansion
-Also it provided access to new markets for local goods!
What was the purpose of the Settlement House movement?
to facilitate the assimilation of immigrants
In the United States, the main purpose of antitrust legislation is...
increase competition in the marketplace
How did the Dawes Act promote assimilation?
forcing Native Americans to own private property
-forced to farm, change from their nomadic way of life!
What was the long-term impact of American expansion on Native Americans tribes in the American west after the Civil War?
Most Native Americans were forced onto reservations west of the Mississippi River.