Hist017b keyword identification

13th Amendment

1865; abolished slavery across the U.S.; led to Black Codes and rise of Jim Crow laws; connects to Plessy v. Ferguson and Reconstruction.

Jim Crow Laws

1870s–1960s; legalized segregation in the South; reinforced racial inequality; connects to Plessy v. Ferguson and Ida B. Wells' activism.

The Birth of a Nation

1915 film by D.W. Griffith; glorified KKK, promoted racist stereotypes; contributed to the rise of Jim Crow and white supremacy.

The Golden Spike

1869; completed the Transcontinental Railroad in Utah; symbolized national unity but also highlighted exploitation of Chinese laborers.

Haymarket

1886 labor protest in Chicago; turned violent with bomb explosion; led to backlash against unions and fear of immigrant workers.

Social Darwinism

Late 1800s theory; applied "survival of the fittest" to justify inequality, imperialism, racism; influenced policies like the Dawes Act.

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 law banning Chinese labor immigration; first major U.S. race-based immigration restriction; tied to labor tensions and racism.

Dawes Severalty Act

1887 law breaking up Native American tribal lands; aimed to force assimilation; led to massive indigenous land loss.

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896 Supreme Court case; upheld "separate but equal" racial segregation laws; legitimized Jim Crow for decades.

The Populist Party

Political party (1891); farmers and workers sought reforms against corporate power; part of Gilded Age protest movements.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Historian; 1893 Frontier Thesis argued American identity was shaped by frontier expansion; linked to Manifest Destiny ideas.

Queen Liliʻuokalani

Last monarch of Hawaii; overthrown by American business interests in 1893; symbol of U.S. imperialism.

Triangle Fire

1911 New York factory fire; killed 146 workers; exposed unsafe labor conditions; led to major workplace safety reforms.

Selective Service Act

1917 law requiring military draft during WWI; greatly expanded federal government’s control over citizens' lives.

Espionage & Sedition Acts

1917–1918 WWI-era laws; criminalized anti-government speech; limited First Amendment rights during wartime.