Reconstruction
Birth of a Nation
Railroads
Panic of 1893
Ghost Dance
American Empire
Misc.
100
Name the amendment that abolished slavery.
13th Amendment
100
The main protagonist of the film Birth of a Nation.
Ben Cameron
100
Were used as a replacement for settlers to make a profit/living after finding out the land was useless for farming.
Bison
100
Cycle that caused debt and degradation of the economy through constant competition between businesses.
Overproduction
100
Tribe located in Lakota, Dakota. Adopted the ritualistic practice of ghost dancing.
Sioux
100
Argued that in order to solve the overproduction problem, we must create and open foreign markets through Naval Expansion.
Alfred T. Mahan
100
People, usually hired by bosses themselves, who pretended to be workers and involved themselves in strikes.
Pinkertons
200
These laws specifically limited the political power of African-Americans.
Black Codes
200
Portrayed as the "Heroes of the South"
Ku Klux Klan
200
The concept of building ahead of demand during this time is called?
Speculative Growth
200
Wanted/Envisioned a national union movement that did not discriminate workers based on skill.
Eugene Debs
200
Nevada prophet that showed the sioux the art of the Ghost Dance.
Wovoka
200
Had a vision of Anglo-American expansion throughout the globe as a way to “civilize” non-whites and to expand Manifest Destiny.
Josiah Strong
200
Name of the legislation that caused the suspension of a specific group of immigrants into the US on the basis of race. They were also considered the first illegal immigrants.
Chinese Exclusion Act
300
This was supported by most of the North only after the enlistment of African-Americans into the Union army.
Emancipation Proclamation
300
Gained massive popularity nationwide in 1915.
Birth of a Nation
300
The government giving away free land and providing low interest loans to railroad companies were granted under what legislation(s).
Pacific Railway Acts
300
Cornered the market on railroad sleeping cars. He also had workers live somewhere where he controlled rent and stores.
George Pullman and "company town"
300
Adopted by the Sioux after being taught by a Paiute Prophet.
Ghost Dance
300
The suspicious destruction of this was the catalyst for the United States going to war with the Spanish.
U.S.S. Maine
300
This political party attracted supporters across the nation by appealing to those convinced that there were deep flaws in the political economy. They were also supporters of a policy called "Free Silver."
People's Party
400
This dipiction of African-Americans that changed from 1867 to 1874 in Harper's Weekly is an example of what?
Racial Scapegoating
400
Any black character that had a major part in the film was portrayed by a white actor in what?
"Blackface"
400
This was the result of railroads being built ahead of demand and accumulating too much debt.
Panic of 1873
400
Workers had wages slashed, and gained ARU support during this event.
Pullman Strike
400
Lead to the execution of many Sioux including women and children being shot in the back.
Wounded Knee Massacre
400
The United States and the Spanish going to war with each other is also known as this.
War of 1898/Spanish-American War
400
Masses of American laborers from across the United States: factory workers, miners, railroad builders, tenant farmers, and small farmers all united under the red flag.
Socialist Party of America
500
During Radical Reconstruction, many laws and legislations were passed. Name the main FOUR and accurately explain what each one did.
1. Reconstruction Act: divided the South into 5 military districts + allowed African-American men to vote in the SOUTH ONLY
2. 14th Amendment: Citizenship by birth + "equal protection" under the law
3. 15th Amendment: Allowed for all men to vote nationwide regardless of race
4. Enforcement Acts: allowed for use of military force against white terrorist groups
500
The main antagonist of the film was modeled after this prominent Radical Republican.
Thaddeus Stevens
500
First of many major economic crises in decades after Civil War and also showed instability of “system.”
Panic of 1873
500
Concept applied to economics and business stating the more money you have, the more equipped you are in order to survive panics/depressions.
Social Darwinism
500
Concept of God given right to colonize as much of the North American continent from "Sea to Shining Sea"
Manifest Destiny
500
Articulated by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899, this called for all WESTERN powers to have equal access to Chinese markets.
Open-Door Policy
500
Washington worked with bankers to provide loans to Latin American nations in exchange for some level of control over their national fiscal affairs. This was first implemented by Roosevelt on a vast scale.
Dollar Diplomacy