Mudsills or Men?
This act of 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed new territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This political principle emphasizes that the authority of government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
Popular Sovereignty
This term, coined by Mark Twain, described the period of rapid industrialization and corruption in the late 19th century.
This novel by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and spurred major federal reforms.
The Jungle
This term describes the illegal production and sale of alcohol during Prohibition.
Bootlegging
This abolitionist novel published in 1852 galvanized anti-slavery sentiment in the United States.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This Reconstruction Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including formerly enslaved individuals.
The Fourteenth Amendment
This scandal involved Union Pacific executives forming a company to inflate construction costs and bribe members of Congress.
The Crédit Mobilier Scandal
This Constitutional amendment established a federal income tax in the United States.
The Sixteenth Amendemnt
This trial in 1925 centered on a Tennessee teacher accused of violating state law by teaching evolution.
The Scopes Trial
This group, formed in 1854, aimed to stop the expansion of slavery into new U.S. territories.
The Republican Party
This organization, formed in 1866, sought to maintain white supremacy and undermine Reconstruction efforts.
The Ku Klux Klan
This 1886 Supreme Court decision established that corporations are entitled to protections under the 14th Amendment.
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
This 1906 law aimed to regulate food safety and prevent misleading labeling practices.
The Pure Food and Drug Act
This 1924 law severely restricted immigration, particularly from Southern and Eastern Europe.
The Immigration Act of 1924
This 1850 law required citizens to assist in the capture of escaped enslaved people and denied alleged fugitives the right to a jury trial.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This landmark legislation, passed in 1866, aimed to protect the civil rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
This 1890 legislation aimed to combat monopolies and maintain fair competition in U.S. markets.
Sherman Antitrust Act
This Progressive leader founded the Hull House in Chicago to assist immigrants and promote social reform.
Jane Addams
This political scandal during the Harding administration involved the leasing of federal oil reserves to private companies.
Teapot Dome Scandal
This 1863 executive order declared freedom for all enslaved people in Confederate states still in rebellion.
The Emancipation Proclomation
This post-Civil War compromise removed federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
The Compromise of 1877
This workers’ strike in 1877, sparked by wage cuts, became the first nationwide labor conflict in U.S. history.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
This election reform allowed voters to remove elected officials from office before the end of their term.
Recall
This 1927 legal case involving Italian immigrants highlighted tensions over nativism and justice in the U.S.
Sacco and Vanzetti Case