APUSH Period 6 Master Review (1865–1898)

These flashcards cover key vocabulary terms and concepts from the APUSH Period 6 lecture, focusing on the Gilded Age, race relations, labor movements, and significant legislation.

Plessy v. Ferguson

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1896 that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

Jim Crow laws

State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States, enacted after the Reconstruction period.

Social Darwinism

A theory that applies the concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to human societies, often used to justify racism and socio-economic inequalities.

Labor Unions

Organized groups of workers who come together to demand better conditions, wages, and hours through collective bargaining.

Gilded Age

A term used to describe the period in American history from the 1870s to around 1900, characterized by economic growth, industrialization, and severe social inequities.

Monopoly

A market structure where a single seller controls the entire supply of a product or service, removing competition.

Ghost Dance

A Native American religious movement that emerged in the late 19th century, which hoped to restore Native American culture and way of life.

Dawes Act

An 1887 law aimed at assimilating Native Americans into American society by allotting them individual plots of land.

Nativism

An anti-immigrant sentiment that favors the interests of native-born inhabitants over those of immigrants.

14th Amendment

An amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and ensuring equal protection under the law.

Child Labor

The practice of employing children in industries or mines, often in harsh and unsafe working conditions.

Boss Tweed

The leader of Tammany Hall, notorious for his political corruption and embezzlement in New York City.

Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law passed in 1882 that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States.

Sharecropping

A system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.

Ida B. Wells

An African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching campaign in the United States.

W.E.B. DuBois

A prominent African-American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP who advocated for immediate equality.