APUSH PERIOD 6

Homestead Act

1862 law granting land to settlers.

Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad connecting East and West coasts.

Morrill Act

1862 act providing land for colleges.

Dawes Severalty Act

1887 law distributing Native American land.

Chief Joseph

Leader of the Nez Perce tribe.

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896 Supreme Court case on segregation.

Disenfranchisement Methods

Techniques used to restrict African American voting.

Henry Grady

Proponent of the New South ideology.

Booker T. Washington

Advocated vocational education for African Americans.

W.E.B. DuBois

Promoted civil rights and higher education.

Horizontal Integration

Merging with competitors to control market.

Vertical Integration

Controlling all production stages of a product.

William Graham Sumner

Social Darwinist advocating laissez-faire economics.

Social Darwinism

Application of Darwin's theory to society.

Tammany Hall

Political machine in New York City.

JP Morgan

Financier and banker, influential in trusts.

John Rockefeller

Founder of Standard Oil, monopolized oil industry.

Leland Stanford

Industrialist and founder of Stanford University.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Railroad magnate, expanded transportation networks.

American Protective Association

Nativist organization against immigration.

Old Immigrants

Immigrants from Northern and Western Europe.

New Immigrants

Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

1890 law prohibiting monopolistic practices.

Nativism

Favoring native-born citizens over immigrants.

Anti-Chinese Attitudes

Racism against Chinese immigrants in America.

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 law banning Chinese immigration.

National Labor Union

First national labor federation in the U.S.

Knights of Labor

Labor organization advocating for workers' rights.

American Federation of Labor

Union focused on skilled workers' rights.

Homestead Strike

1892 strike against Carnegie Steel Company.

Pullman Strike

1894 nationwide railroad strike.

Jane Addams

Social reformer and founder of Hull House.

Settlement Houses

Community centers aiding urban poor.

National American Woman Suffrage Association

Organization advocating for women's voting rights.

Farmers' Alliance

Movement promoting farmers' interests and cooperation.

Granger Movement

Farmers' organization advocating for economic reform.