Wild West
This man created a Wild West show that would tour the United States and Europe. One of the starring acts was sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.
Who was Buffalo Bill?
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. It also granted everyone, regardless of previous servitude or race, equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This person invented the lightbulb and a new type of electrical current.
Who is Thomas Alva Edison?
This is the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City. Most of the people on this committee were millionaires and the elite of society. They controlled the city rather than the legislature.
What is Tammany Hall?
What is the Knights of Labor?
This new invention kept cattle from free roaming and outlined property lines in the west.
What is barbed-wire fence?
This idea was created by Henry Grady. It envisions a south that would be morally reformed, including industrialization, and equality among Black and White Americans.
What is the "New South"?
Who is Gail Borden?
This allowed for voters' votes to be private, so no one could intimidate them to vote a certain way.
What is the Australian Ballot?
This is a manmade route in Central America that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean to make trade routes faster.
What is the Panama Canal?
This was a myth that was used to get more people to settle in the west and utilize the large amounts of land for agriculture.
What is "rain follows the plow?"
This was a restriction imposed on voters in the south that required them to pay a fine in order to vote. This led to a large portion of the population being unable to vote.
What is the poll tax?
This is a process that allows for the production of goods to never end, so the company can make more goods and more money. Andrew Carnegie is famous for utilizing this.
What is continuous flow?
This was a policy implemented by William McKinley to open up trade with all countries, mainly China. This asserted American interest in Asian goods and services.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This was a form of media that included sensationalized titles, stories about human interest, drama, politics, and shocking news stories.
What is yellow journalism?
This was a route that ranchers would transport their cattle along to get to the nearest railroad station. From there, the cattle would be transported all over the US to enter the meat market.
What is the Abilene Trail?
Farmers would let freed African Americans use a portion of their land to grow crops. As payment for rent, the tenants would have to hand over a portion of their harvest to the owner. Most of the time, Black Americans could not afford to leave the land, making them tied to it.
What is sharecropping?
This is when you own every process of production, raw materials, transportation, etc. This was how companies were able to sell goods at low costs but still, make mass amounts of money.
This was a phenomenon where elected government officials were not chosen based on merit, but based on who they know or were related to. Often times the elite, family members, or people who have given out favors were the ones elected.
What is the spoils system?
Who were the breaker boys?
This catalog allowed Westerners to purchase goods from the East because there were no department stores. It led to further development and settlement in the west.
What is the Sears Roebuck Catalog?
These are Southern Democrats who politically monopolized the South to try to return things to how they were before the war. They used tactics like voter intimidation and bulldozing to keep voters from voting Republican and to prevent "negro rule."
Who are the Redeemers?
This new law allowed investors to only owe what they invested into the company, instead of having to make up the entire debt if the company went bankrupt. This limited corruption in joint-stock companies.
What is limited liability?
1890- a federal statute that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace (monopolies). It outlaws any contract, conspiracy, or combination of business interests in restraint of foreign or interstate trade.
What is the Sherman Anti Trust Act?
During a political campaign, candidates would constantly refer back to the Civil War, its atrocities, and feelings of opposition and division. They would use people's emotions to win votes.
What is waving the "bloody shirt"?