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Reconstruction
Victorian Era
Progressive Era
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100
What were the three phases of reconstruction?

Wartime: 1863-1865

Presidential: 1865-1867

Congressional: 1867-1877


100
What is meant by the term "Gilded Age"?
Gilded = Coated in gold.

Many social problems remained underneath the "progress" of the time.

100
What is progressivism? 

Series of reform movements to solve America’s economic & social problems from 1890s - 1920s


100
What was "Yellow Journalism"?

Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration

200
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
It was established by Congress in 1865. It provided relief to refugees of the Civil War and enforced labor contracts between planters and former slaves.
200
What was the impact of the assembly line?

Repetitive tasks for workers

Reduction in prices

200
What were muckrakers?

Investigative journalists who exposed scandals


200
What foreign policy precedent encouraged U.S. neutrality during WWI?
George Washington's Farewell Address
300
What was the Compromise of 1877?
In order to elect Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republicans agreed to provide federal subsides for a southern transcontinental railroad and pledged to withdraw federal troops from the South.
300
Describe 3 of the 5 themes of the Gilded/Victorian Era?

New technology

New economic order

Mass consumer society & culture of consumption

Conservative middle class ideals of family & gender became dominant

Growth of monopolies & corporate power 

300
The 19th Amendment did what?
Granted women the right to vote
300
Name 3 motives for the War of 1898
Humanitarianism

Protect American life and property

Means to get to China

Upcoming congressional elections

To forge national unity

Desire for expansion

400
Name one reason why Reconstruction failed?

Inconsistent federal policy b/c of power struggle between Congress & President

Competing visions for what the end of slavery should mean

Southern white resistance 

Loss of commitment in Washington, D.C. by 1877 

400
How did Social Darwinism translate to economics?

In a free-market, the most capable would naturally acquire wealth

If you were poor, it was your fault


400
What did "The Women's Movement" (before 1910s) argue?

Argued that women had a special place as guardians of morality; would improve society if allowed in the public sphere (“social housekeeping”) = accepted Victorian notions of gender difference


400
What were the 3 main causes of WWI?
Competition between England and Germany

Secret alliance system

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

500

What was the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

Seperate but equal was ruled constitutional, and "Jim Crow" became entrenched in the South.
500
What was Taylorism?
Efficiency through scientific management


Time = money

500
What tactics did African American progressives disagree over?

Accommodation (Booker T. Washington) vs. assimilation (W.E.D. Du Bois) vs. confrontation (Ida B. Wells)


500
Woodrow Wilson's number 1 goal for the peace negotiations was what? 
The formation of a League of Nations to keep the peace and help countries achieve "self-determination"