What's my name again?
This African American leader called for hard work from the African American community and financial independence. He was one of the founding members of the Tuskegee Institute.
Booker T. Washington
Also known as the American Party, was a prominent political group in the United States during the 1850s and again in the late 1800s. The most accurate description from the choices provided is they formed to oppose immigration. This party was especially known for its anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic sentiment.
The Know-Nothing Party
African Americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start anew in Kansas were known as
exodusters
Why might a historian refer to the Big Business leaders of the Gilded Age as a Captain of Industry?
(Give 1)
-Ushered in a modern economy
-Employed Millions of Americans
-Invested millions in philanthropic causes
-Brought new technologies to the US
In what ways were African Americans disenfranchised (not given rights that the Constitution states like voting) in the era of the New South?
(Give 1)
Paying poll taxes or taking a literacy test
Jane Adams may be best known for her work in _________ _________ or community like centers that were intended to help struggling Americans and new Immigrants
Settlement Houses
Give two descriptions that describe the New Immigrants that came to the US from 1890-1924:
-Most came from the Southern and Eastern Europe
-Many were illiterate and poor
-Many practiced Jewish, Catholic and Western Orthodox Religions
-Many came to escape religious persecution, experience greater freedom, and improve their economic condition
-Most located in major cities such as New York City
This Native American religious movement in the late nineteenth century aimed to regain Native lands and bring back their ancestors. This often resulted in the killing and massacres of Western Natives by the US Government.
The Ghost Dances
The ________ __________ emerged to represent the common man in the late 1800s with the hopes to:
-Get the US off the Gold Standard
-Usher in Govt. control of the Railroads
-Better represent farmers in Government
-End the control of the government by Big Business
Populist Party
Many southern writers called for the South to copy this portion of the United States as it re-built itself in the period of the New South.
W.E.B. duBois
Due to their financial status, many of the New Immigrants that came to the US rode in this portion of the steam ships on their way to the US.
Steerage
What was the intent of the Dawes Act of 1887?
Assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture. Natives were given their OWN land if they were willing to give up their native beliefs.
The Process of buying up 1 portion of the production process to create a monopoly. Think John D. Rockefeller.
Horizontal Integration
These widely accepted "laws" were practiced in the South to keep African Americans as second class citizens in the South. Having separate water fountains, derogatory names, and practicing racist customs were all part of these named after a bird laws in the South.
Jim Crow Laws
In the late 1800s, the Government believed that it was not their responsibility to interfere in the economy. Through this Social Darwinist Theory, they kept their "hands off" big business.
Lassies-Faire
This is an Unofficial political organization that works to win elections in order to exercise power.
Sometimes referred to as a shadow government, they
rose to power in the late 1800s because of ill-equipped local governments that failed to meet the needs of growing urban populations.They would often help immigrants get jobs and find housing in exchange for their votes.
Political Machines
The passage of this Republican backed act gave free land to those who were willing to move to and beautify the American West. Settlers were required to live on the 160 acres and beautify the area.
The Homestead Act (1862)
As a whole, many of the early labor movements (The Upheaval Movement) were unseccesful because of what reason?
They were violent
This Supreme Court Case upheld that "Separate but Equal" was Constitutional. This ruling was made after a 1/8th black man rode in a white Louisiana train car.
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
"To Arms to Arms!" Albert Parsons yelled as he addressed hundreds of Chicago factory workers. What would happen next is disputed, but someone in the crowd threw dynamite into a crowd, killing several police officers at this event in the late 1800s.
The Haymarket Affiar
Match the following business tycoons to the industry that they dominated in the late 1800s:
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry Ford
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie- Steel
John D. Rockefeller- Oil
Cornelius Vanderbilt- Railroad
Henry Ford- Auto Industry
J.P. Morgan- Investment Banking
Before Josh Allen went to college in this state, it played a vital role in women's suffrage, giving women the right to vote before any other, marking that the West would fight for Women's rights before any other region of the US.
Wyoming
This Government act was passed in an effort to control monopolies and trusts in the 1880s. Unfortunately, it was often used to break up Unions and control foreign trade, helping big business more.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
According to Plessy v. Ferguson, what Constitutional amendment was NOT violated by establishing "separate by equal" facilities that stated that all persons born in the US were citizens in the US?
The 14th Amendment