History 1200-01 Midterm Exam Review

These flashcards cover key terms, events, and individuals discussed in preparation for the History 1200-01 Midterm Exam.

Exodusters

Black refugees from the post-Reconstruction South who migrated to Kansas in 1879.

Wong Kim Ark

An individual born in the United States to Chinese parents, significant in the context of immigration laws.

Stock Market Crash of 1929

A major financial collapse occurring in October 1929 during Herbert Hoover's presidency.

Spanish Flu

The 1918 pandemic caused by influenza that killed tens of millions globally.

Ida B. Wells

A journalist who exposed lynching against African Americans and faced violence for her activism.

Lusitania

A British ocean liner sunk by a German submarine during World War I.

Haymarket Affair

A labor protest that turned violent in Chicago in 1886.

Equal Rights Amendment

A proposed amendment aimed at guaranteeing equal rights regardless of sex but was never ratified.

Scopes Trial

A legal case about the teaching of evolution in schools.

Johnson-Reed Act

A 1924 law that severely restricted immigration to the United States.

19th Amendment

Ratified in 1920, granting women the right to vote.

Wounded Knee Massacre

An event in 1890 where the U.S. Army killed several hundred Native Americans in South Dakota.

Flapper

A slang term for a woman of the 1920s who defied traditional norms.

Gilded Age

The late 19th-century period marked by extreme inequality and corruption.

Robber Barons

Critics’ term for wealthy business tycoons in the late 19th century who exploit their power.

AFL

American Federation of Labor, a national organization of labor unions.

Sharecropping

A system where farmers rented land and paid landowners a share of their crops.

Woodrow Wilson

The president during World War I.

W.E.B. Du Bois

An African American writer and activist who helped found the NAACP.

Chinese Exclusion Act

The 1882 law that banned Chinese immigrants from entering the United States.

Philippine Islands

Group of islands seized by the United States in 1898, led by Emilio Aguinaldo.

Social Darwinism

A late 19th-century philosophy applying 'survival of the fittest' to human societies.

Plessy v. Ferguson

A landmark 1896 Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation.

13th Amendment

The constitutional amendment ratified in 1865 that abolished slavery.

Birth of a Nation

A controversial film released in 1915 that glorified the Ku Klux Klan.

Suffrage Movement

The social movement advocating for women's right to vote.

Monopolists

Business entities that dominate a market and limit competition.

Reforms of the Progressive Era

Changes proposed to address problems caused by industrialization and big businesses.