What did the government do?
An informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
What is the Compromise of 1877
These sought to disenfranchise african americans and was upheld by the supreme court
What are Jim Crow Laws
A theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals advocated by Herbert Spencer
What is Social Darwinism
A tragedy in New York City in which 145 workers were killed due to neglected safety features and locked doors within the factory spurring public outcry
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
An agreement in which Spain relinquished Cuba, Puerto Rico, and a Mariana Island to the United States ending the Spanish-American war
What is the Treaty of Paris (1898)
This man was responsible for writing the "frontier thesis" that proposed that the distinctiveness of the United States was attributable to its long history of “westering."
Who is Fredrick Jackson Turner
This was a poem written by Rudyard Kipling that encouraged colonisation and warned of the "costs" to create an empire
What is the “White Man’s Burden”
Papers that employed this type of story focused on eye catching headlines for profit
What is Yellow Journalism
This incident happened when a labor protest rally turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police in which eight people died and eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing despite a lack of evidence
What is the Haymarket Bombing
Spurred by public outcry due to media coverage, this act sought to prohibit the sale of misbranded consumption products
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act (1905/1906)
This man gave the "Cross of Gold" speech during the 1896 presidential election and ultimately lost
Who is William J. Bryan
These people were a group of reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt
Who are muckrakers
This social movement advocated for the application of the biblical principles of charity and justice in society
What is the Social Gospel
This published and long lasting mistake advocated for the belief that the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was a just and heroic one
What is the Lost Cause
This landmark court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation.
What is Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
This place was founded by Henry Pratt and sought to "Kill the Indian: Save the Man"
What is the Carlisle School
This is the policy of extending power and influence through diplomacy, economy, and militarily.
What is Imperialism
This was a massacre that left 150-300 dead in the final clash between the Sioux and American troops half of whom were women and children
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee
This act authorized President Grover Cleveland to confiscate and redistribute tribal lands in the American West
What is the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1877
This man wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783
Who is Alfred Thayer Mahan
This post Civil War government Agency established aid to former enslaved Americans in the South.
What is the Freedman's Bureau.
This is the political philosophy of Theodore Roosevelt that advocated for active federal intervention to promote social justice and the economic welfare of the underprivileged
What is New Nationalism
This mistake came in the form of a letter written by a Spanish ambassador calling President William McKinley weak and gave reason for war from the US
What is the De Lome Letter