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Spread African-American culture but also perpetuated stereotypes
The Ku Klux Klan:
Was established to prevent Black liberties
President Andrew Johnson’s policy toward the South after the Civil War was:
Treat the South lightly to reconcile
President Grant was:
New to politics when he was elected
For former Confederate states to re-enter the Union:
They had to accept the newest amendments that gave Black men more liberties
The Freedmen's Bureau lost support and funding due to:
The economy went on a downward turn after the Panic of 1873
The 14th Amendment:
Officially defined who was a citizen of the U.S.
Poll taxes and the Understanding Clause:
Were two ways to prevent Black people from voting in the South
Plessy v. Ferguson:
Gave legal support to provisions that were segregated by race
The Thirteenth Amendment:
Officially ended slavery in the United States
Lynching
Was a method used by White people to discourage Black political participation
The 15th Amendment:
Provided Black men the right to vote
Reconstruction is the time period:
After the Civil War
After Reconstruction, the sentiment of most Southerners toward the Republican Party was:
They voted for the Democratic Party for the next 90 years
The Hayes-Tilden Compromise:
Officially ended Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers
Were northerners during Reconstruction who wanted to get rich in the South
President Johnson was _____________ which meant he was put on trial by the Senate and Supreme Court.
Impeached
Lintheads were:
Cotton factory workers in the South
The Credit Mobilier and The Whiskey Ring revealed:
Corruption was common in the Grant Administration
The Lost Cause:
Was a mythology that united the Reconstructed White South
Free enterprise means that government was hands-off on the activities in the market. This was welcomed in the Gilded Age unless:
It allowed competition to the large companies
Political machines:
Earned support through corruption, nepotism, and favors
The term to describe the rapid inventions of electricity, radio, telephone, the automobile, and the airplane that all make life more comfortable is:
Modernity
Unions during the Gilded Age were:
Not successful in getting most of the reforms they wanted
Union strikes during the Gilded Age
Were typically ended by court rulings and army intervention
Oil and gas exploration in Pennsylvania:
Was originally done to find lubricants for machinery
The Gospel of Wealth
Gave people the perception that hard work will always lead to success
Horizontal integration
Leads to monopolies
An example of vertical integration is
A fast food company that owns farms, meat processing, and a soda company
One of the major reasons why "new stock" immigrants from Eastern Europe were disliked in the U.S. is that:
They worked for lower wages than people living in the U.S.
Drinking water in urban areas during the gilded age:
Was susceptible to typhoid and cholera
Baseball and football grew in popularity in the United States in the 1880s because
Machinery in factories gave people more time for leisure activities
During the Gilded Age, the Morrill Act and wealthy philanthropists like the Duke, Vanderbilt, and Tulane Families poured funds into:
Colleges
Vaudeville contributed to American society by:
Introducing forms of jazz and the blues to American audiences
Taylorism
focuses on efficiency
Second generation immigrants:
Assimilated into American culture easier because of public schools
In the Gilded Age, _____________ systems improved leading to commuting via streetcars, cablecars, subways and faster passenger ships to cross the Atlantic.
transportation
Trusts
Were collections of stock in companies
One of the minerals beyond iron ore for steel that fueled industrialism in the U.S. is
coal
In the 1870s and 1880s, department stores came into existence and focused on:
Marketing toward women
Tariffs in the 1880s:
Were applied to protect American business
The Great Panic of 1893 was fueled by
Railroad failures
President Garfield
Was killed by an assassin
Why did the Democratic Party have such a grip on the American South after Reconstruction
Republicans ended slavery and Reconstruction, upsetting the way the South was run
Because Grover Cleveland vetoed pensions for soldiers
He angered veterans and lost re-election
Politically the Democratic and Republican parties after Reconstruction
Became flexible, adopting change from outside influences
___________________ was responsible for shifting American feelings to pity Cuba and push to help it break free from Spain
Yellow journalism
The depression that was caused by the Panic of 1893 was ended by:
The Alaskan Gold Rush
Populists viewed ________ as the candidate who would save them.
William Jennings Bryan
As a result of the Spanish American War, the United States acquired Guam, Philippines, and ________________.
Puerto Rico
The Interstate Commerce Act was passed with the intent to lower rail freight rates:
But it was not enforced properly by the president
Due to the fate of President Garfield:
Civil service reform was passed
The time period from 1876 until 1900 is known as the period of the weak presidents as ________________ became more influential in American politics.
The Supreme Court
After the Spanish American War, the U.S. still had to:
Contend with a Filipino independence movement
______________________ boosted his status as an American icon by being a war hero in the Spanish American War.
Theodore Roosevelt
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act:
Focused on breaking up company agreements
The main crop that American colonists in the 1880s grew in the Kingdom of Hawaii was:
Sugar
The Spanish-American War:
Was a very short, poorly fought, war
Although Cuba gained its independence after the Spanish American War:
The U.S. economically controls the country
For Populists, Free Silver:
Meant more money could be printed inflating the value of crops
One of the major issues of workers in factories in the late 1800s was
The number of children working in dangerous factory jobs
Women's groups like the Daughters of the American Revolution:
used their influence through social groups because women in the late 1800s could not vote
The __________ Party was an attempt by Teddy Roosevelt to make a comeback.
Bull Moose
The secret ballot:
Was one of the election reforms of the Progressive Era
An initiative:
Is when people put an issue on the ballot
The 19th Amendment:
Gave women access to the ballot box
McKinley's death also led to the presidency of__________.
Theodore Roosevelt
The action of reclamation in the American West in the early 1900s was focused on:
Water
Women's groups and women voters supported temperance, or the prohibition of ________________.
Alcohol
Another election reform of the Progressive Era was the pre-vote that allows people to select who appears on the final ballot. This is called a:
Primary
Hull House:
was established to help immigrants
Progressivism
Was driven by workers
The death of William McKinley caused a reassignment of ____________ from currency police to additionally protecting the President.
Secret Service
The Election of 1912 split the Republican Party leading to:
the election of Woodrow Wilson
The presidency of Howard Taft made Teddy Roosevelt:
Want to come back to the presidency
One of the key components of Teddy Roosevelt's presidency was his focus on:
Conservation
Journalists who uncovered the terrible parts of industry in the 1890s were called:
Muckrakers
The _____________________ led to a standardization of American currency so that all legal tender that was printed in the U.S. would be uniform.
Federal Reserve Act
The government during the Progressive Era:
Shifted to focus more on the worker's struggles
A referendum:
Is when a state legislature allows the people to vote on an issue
Concerning the Selective Service Act:
The U.S. drafted young men to serve in the war effort
The American Great Migration:
Was fueled by the opportunity for industrial jobs in Northern cities
The Mexican Revolution in the 1910s:
Was at least partly caused by the United States involvement
The criminal case against Sacco and Vanzetti:
Made Americans feel that Communism was closer than they realized
During the war, production and industrial supplies were:
Regulated by the War Board
The 14 Points:
Were not passed in the United States
The United States helps Panama break away from ________________. In exchange for its independence, the U.S. is given the Canal Zone.
Colombia
The Roosevelt Corollary:
Validated American involvement in conflicts later in Nicaragua and Haiti
The American Expeditionary Forces:
Immediately made an impact on the war when they arrived in Europe
After World War 1, the KKK rose up again:
Because Black soldiers returned from war seeking equality at home
The sinking of the Lusitania and Zimmerman Note:
Caused many Americans to push harder for involvement in war
The end of World War 1 led to the introduction of:
The Fourteen Points and the League of Nations
Early in World War 1:
The U.S. declared neutrality but sided with the Allies
Black Wall Street:
Was bombed and raided by angry white people
Woodrow Wilson's 1916 election promise to keep the United States out of the war:
Was broken just a year later
American military involvement in World War 1 was:
Very short compared to most other countries
Pancho Villa:
Raided cities in the U.S. leading to a pursuit into Mexico
Taft adds to Roosevelt's Corollary with the use of ________________ in Latin America.
Financial support and trade
The Great White Fleet:
Was sent to Japan in the hopes of opening up trade
After the U.S. declared war:
It passed laws to seek out spies and prevent sabotage
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