The West and Populists
This political party was formed in response to economic hardships that farmers faced. Some of their policy ideas included government regulation of railroads, a national income tax, and a bimetal standard for money.
What is the Populist party?
These organizations demanded better pay and safer working conditions for workers through a process called collective bargaining.
What are labor unions?
This man owned the Standard Oil Company and built a monopoly that made him one of the richest people to ever live.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Segregation laws were often called "____ ____ laws", named after a character from a minstrel show
What is Jim Crow?
The notion held by nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
This animal was considered incredibly value in Native American cultures and was nearly hunted to the point of extinction.
What is the Buffalo?
This negotiation tactic used by labor unions to gain better pay and other benefits shuts down production. Business leaders often respond by hiring replacement workers. This tactic is still used today.
What is a strike?
This Scottish immigrant started a steel business and was a famous philanthropist. His name is still found in theaters, libraries, and a university to this day
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This legal case ruled that segregation by race in public spaces was legal as long as "separate but equal" accommodations were provided.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This is the name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
This 1862 law promised to give 160 acres of Western land to citizens who pledged to "improve the land" for a minimum of five years
What is the Homestead Act (1862)?
These organizations controlled a political party in a city. They would offer services to voters and businesses in exchange for votes, and they were very influential with immigrant voters. Their politicians were often corrupt.
What is a political machine?
The American Industrial Revolution was based upon these four industries that "rose" to power during the late 19th century.
What are Railroads, Oil, Steel, and Electricity?
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were some of the methods used to stop Black Americans from exercising this right they had according to the 15th amendment
What is the right to vote?
In 1781 during the American Revolution, the British Army led by Lord Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops at this location
What is Yorktown?
The railroads from Union Pacific and Central Pacific met at this location in Utah, giving the U.S. a transcontinental railroad
What is Promontory Point?
In this political scandal, railroad companies attempted to bribe elected Republicans in exchange for land grants for profit.
What is the Crédit Mobilier scandal?
This man was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park for his wide variety of inventions.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This man nicknamed "The Commodore" was the most influential figure in the railroad industry.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
These organizations were run by the army to care for and protect Black Southerners after the Civil War
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This is the name for Black farmers who moved West to escape crop liens and Jim Crow laws
What are Exodusters?
This law created a merit-based exam for most civil service jobs. The law constituted a reform from the patronage system (where jobs were given out based on political loyalty).
What is the Pendleton Act?
This French phrase (literally meaning "to let it be" or "allow to do") is often used to describe a type of economic policy with little-to-no government intervention.
What is laissez-faire?
This ideology argues that natural competition weeds out the weak and only the strong survive. This ideology is a result of scientific theory applied to politics, economics, and society.
What is Social Darwinism?
This was the first elected assembly in the New World and was established in 1619
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?