Westward Expansion/Native American Experience
An attempt to "Americanize" Indians, this government policy gave Natives their own land and in exchange they paid taxes.
What is the Dawes Act?
With the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, this state would be the first of six lower South states to immediately secede from the union.
What is South Carolina?
The government's promotion of private entrepreneurship while maintaining a "hands-off" approach to the US economy.
What is laisse-faire capitalism?
The belief that the government should regulate certain public goods to be accessible to all people.
What is socialism?
These small, multi-family units were created in response to rapid population growth near highly industrialized areas.
What are tenements?
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
This Northern strategy was proposed to limit bloodshed by "strangling" the South through a Naval blockade to seize control of the Mississippi River and essentially cutting supplies.
What is Anaconda Plan?
Men like Carnegie, Rockefeller, JP Morgan, and Vanderbuilt...
What is Captains of Industry?
This nationwide union was open to both skilled and unskilled labor.
What is The Knights of Labor
These organized groups often provided care such as job search assistance in exchange for loyalty at the polls.
What are Political Machines?
Land given by the federal government to states to develop for churches and colleges/universities that focused on agriculture and mechanics.
What is the Morrill Land Grant Act?
The loss of freedom to move away because of debts to landlords or business owners brought about by sharecropping.
What is debt peonage?
In this process, a monopoly can be accomplished by complete control over all stages of production and distribution.
What is vertical integration?
Hired thugs meant to spy on labor unions and break strikes.
Who were the Pinkerton Detectives?
This strong anti-immigrant sentiment extended Jim Crow era practices such as literacy tests and opposition with labor unions.
What is Nativism?
It was this compromise that no slavery be allowed in the Louisiana Purchase above the 36o30'N line of latitude.
What is the Compromise of 1820?
This Reconstruction Amendment guaranteed "due process" and "equal protection under law" to all United States citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Federal law that prohibits the combinations of businesses that limit or restrict interstate trade.
The first federal body created to oversee US businesses and economic activity.
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)?
Legislation that was passed due to growing nativist ideology ended the legal immigration of one specific group of immigrants until 1943.
As a result of the Mexican-American War, over 1/2 million acres was added to United States territory including California which was admitted as a free state. What system was applied to other territories taken from Mexico?
What is popular sovereignty?
This doctrine included literacy tests, poll taxes, and the "grandfather clause" which resulted in Southern democrats regaining control in Congress, effectively circumventing the 15th amendment.
What is Black Codes?
In his partnership with John D. Rockefeller, this businessman's fascination with Florida built the luxurious Ponce de Leon Hotel and the Florida East Coast Railroad to bolster tourism and extend trade to Central America?
Who is Henry Flagler?
The largest labor strike resulted in President Grover Cleveland sending federal troops to end the strike because it disrupted the mail system, essentially interfering with interstate commerce.
What was the Pullman Strike?
Cartoonist responsible for exposing the political corruption of "Boss" Tweed and Tammany Hall.
Who was Thomas Nast?