Origins of America
Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?
Because the states had too much power
Why were Great Plains Indians nomadic?
Hunting for food
What two railroads built the Transcontinental Railroad?
Union pacific and central pacific
What is a settlement house?
School to teach immigrants English and other things about america. Good place
What two strategies were used to keep African-Americans from voting? What is this called?
Literacy tests and poll taxes were used to disenfranchise African-Americans. Some states also used grandfather clauses to exempt whites from these restrictions. This is called voter suppression or disenfranchisement.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the most famous trail used for cattle drives?
Chisum Trail
What is laissez-faire?
Gov. does not interfere with the economy
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Did not allow chinese to come to the united states
Which presidential candidate was obsessed with free silver (unlimited silver coins)?
William Jennings Bryan, a Democrat, championed the "free silver" movement.
Why did they write the Bill of Rights?
To protect individual rights
What is the Dawes Act?
Placed Native Americans on reservations and took them to schools to become more “American” AKAK White washing them.
What is a tariff? (definition)
Tax on imported or exported goods.
What is nativism?
Racist White Americans who do not like immigrants
What are Jim Crow laws?
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States after Reconstruction.
Why did we declare independence from Britain?
We wanted to be independent
What is the Homestead Act?
law that allowed citizens and intended citizens to claim 160 acres of public land in exchange for living on it, improving it.
Define monopoly.
Company that controls all the sales of one product.
What was Tammany Hall?
Political machine that boss tweed ran that took advantage of the Irish immigrants
What is separate but equal?
"Separate but equal" is a legal doctrine that allowed racial segregation as long as the separate facilities for Black and white individuals were considered equal.
List the parts of the Declaration of Independence.
Preamble. Grievances. Formal declaration of independence. Signatures. Legacy of the Argument
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
federal law that established the first federal regulations for the railroad industry:
Who was boss Tweed?
Political Boss in NYC who took advantage of the Irish Immigrants
What is Social Darwinism?
The rich are rich because they are a better type of humans while the poor are poor because they are the worst type of humans.
Which court case says separate but equal is allowed in America?
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal," legitimizing segregation laws.