What was the period following the Civil War during which the U.S. Government worked to rebuild the former Confederate slaves and reunite the nation.
What is Reconstruction.
100
What are Northern Republicans who moved to the South during Reconstruction.
What are Carpetbaggers.
200
Laws passed in the Southern states during reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom of the former slaves.
What is Black Codes
200
What is the exclusive economic control of an industry.
What is Monopoly
200
What is the Theory adapted by philosopher Herbert Spencer from Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution; argued that society progressed through competition, with the fittest rising to positions of wealth and power.
What is Social Darwinism.
300
(1862) Law to encourage settlement in the west by giving government-owned land to small farmers.
What is Homestead Act
300
What is one of the world richest silver mines, discovered in Nevada in the mid-1800's?
What is Co Comstock Lode.
300
What are Well-organized political parties that dominated local and state governments in the late 1800s.
What are Political Machines.
400
(1887) Law that regulated railroad shipping beween states.
What is Interstate Commerce Act
400
What are southern African Americans who settled western lands in the late 1800's called?
What are Exodusters.
400
What are Acquisitions of money or political power through illegal or dishonest methods?