Immigration & Migration
After 1865, settlement in the Great Plains was heavily promoted by the building of these railroads
Transcontinental Railroads
Created by Joseph Glidden, this invention helped farmers fence in their cattle.
Barbwire
During the 1870's, Southern states started adopting a wave of segregation laws, known as this.
Jim Crowe Laws
Farmers of the late 19th century concentrated on these kinds of crops, such as corn and wheat
Cash Crops
Political party formed by supporters of paper money
The Greenback Party
A spiritual movement spread amongst tribes based around a certain dance
Ghost Dance Movement/Ghost Dancers
The largest anti-catholic organization of the 1890's
American Protective Association
After the Civil War, some southerners promoted this name/idea to spread the word of industrialism in the South
The New South
What were some things that Southern states did to prevent black people from voting? (atleast 3)
Literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, white-only political parties
Charles Darwins theory of natural selection (survival of the fittest)
Social Darwinism
Association founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony to help secure women's right to vote
NAWSA (National American Women Sufferage Association)
In Dec of 1890, the US army gunned down more than 200 Native Americans in the Dakotas, known as the battle of this
Battle/Massacre of Wounded Knee
This act promoted settlement by offering free public land to families with the promise they will own the land after a certain amount of time
The Homestead Act
A famous inventor, who's first invention in 1869 was a machine that could record votes, and most notable invention being the first practical light bulb
Thomas Edison
Case in 1896, in which the Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana law requiring "separate but equal accommodations"
Plessy V. Furguson
In 1883, this association divided the country into 4 time-zones
American Railroad Association
This movement in 1868, organized by Oliver H. Kelley for the common interest & protection of grangers
National Grange Movement
This act in 1887, divided tribal lands into plots up to 160 acres depending on family size
Dawes Severalty Act
After finding the Great Plains to be difficult farmland, farmers found ways to adapt, for example this farming strategy
Dry Farming
In the 1850's the discovery of a new process for making this, caused a dramatic increase in heavy industry
Steel.
This case in 1883, the court ruled that Congress could not ban racial discrimination by local and state governments
Civil Rights Case of 1883
An economic expression for beliefs of rejecting government regulation of business
Laisses-Faire
This book, published in 1879 by Henry George, calling attention to inequalities in wealth caused by industrialization.
Books of Social Criticism
This Native American leader played a prominent role in Native resistance against the US gonvernment, including the Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
The discovery of gold in 1859 in this place, sparked heavy settlement in this area
Pikes Peak, CO
By the 1850's both horse-drawn cars & cable cars were replaced by these new forms of transportation (atleast 2)
Electric Trolleys, Elevated Railroads, Subways
This supreme court case that upheld the right of a state to regulate business as a public nature
Munn V. Illinois
Low wages were justified by David Ricardo with this, arguing that raising wages would increase working population, thus in turn causing wages to fall even more
Iron Law of Wages
This act in 1881 set up Civil Service Commission, and created a system by which applicants for federal jobs would be selected based off of scores on a competitive examination.
Pendleton act of 1881
This act in 1934 promoted the re-establishment of tribal organization and culture
Indian Reorganization Act