Unit #2 Study Guide - Changes in the Americas

Flashcards covering vocabulary, key figures, and major events from the Unit #2 Study Guide on Changes in the Americas.

How is the term "secede" defined in the study guide?

To withdraw.

What is a tenement?

A type of cramped residential building characterized by very poor sanitary and health practices.

What is a monopoly?

A singular company that can control an entire industry.

How does the study guide define a muckraker?

A person exposing poor social and workplace practices through writing.

What caused sectionalism between the North and the South in the United States?

A difference in opinion on whether newly established states were to be free states or slave states, causing both regions to form separate identities and feel strong regional loyalty.

What was the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War?

The southern states that withdrew to establish a new country called the Confederate States of America.

What major political event granted African Americans civil and voting rights through the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?

Reconstruction.

Who are the Métis?

People of mixed European and Indigenous descent.

What was the Dominion in Canadian history?

Canada's union that was divided into two provinces ("Upper" and "Lower" Canada, forming Quebec and Ontario) and allowed Canada to control the majority of its domestic matters.

How is the lifestyle of the Gilded period described?

A period characterized by greed and corruption.

What was the purpose of the Ghost Dance ceremony?

A ceremony believed by Native Americans to drive evil away from the land, restore the bison, and allow them to live in peace and prosperity.

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

It prevented Chinese immigrants from working in the United States.

According to the study guide, what was the primary effect of Jim Crow Laws?

They prevented African Americans from voting.

How does the study guide define assimilation?

To make people change religiously and conform to social ideals based on the popular norm.

What protections were intended under the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments as outlined in Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

The 13th amendment abolished slavery, the 14th granted birthright citizenship and equal protection, and the 15th granted the right to vote regardless of race.

What caused the clash at the Battle of the Little Bull Horn, and what was the outcome?

Lakota leader Sitting Bull refused to leave ancestral land after a treaty fell apart because gold was found; the clash resulted in the deaths of Colonel Custer and nearly all 200 U.S. troops.

What role did Louis Riel play in the North-West Rebellion, and what was his fate?

He led an uprising against governmental neglect, established his own government to secure land for the Métis, and was later hung for treason after the Canadian government crushed the rebellion.

How did Jane Addams address social problems during the late 19th century?

By providing immigrants with care, classes for children, and activities for adults.

What occurred during the Haymarket Riots in Chicago?

A strike and protest that was originally intended to be peaceful turned to chaos when several police officers and protestors were killed.

What triggered the Yucatan Rebellion?

The mistreatment of Maya people when the Yucatan government took control of their farms and sold them to plantation owners.

What happened during the Wounded Knee Massacre?

The U.S. government demanded Lakota weapons and killed over 300 Native Americans.

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

The first women's rights convention held in the United States, which pressed for women's right to vote.

What principle was established by the Supreme Court decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson?

It affirmed that segregation within public spaces was constitutional and did not violate the 13th or 14th Amendment.

What is the subject and title of this 1900 political cartoon by Horace Taylor?

Titled "What a Funny Little Government," it depicts Standard Oil Company founder John D. Rockefeller holding the White House in his hand and inspecting it through a magnifying glass, with the Capitol and Treasury Department transformed into smoking oil refineries.