APUSH
Frederick Jackson Turner:
Said the Frontier is one of the most important democratizing forces in the U.S.
Ida Wells Barnett:
She formed an international (or institutional) movement against lynching
Jane Addams:
(some unknown date), founder of Hull House and the Settlement house movement in the U.S.
Emilio Aguinaldo:
Philippines nationalist who opposed rule by the Spanish and then opposed rule by the United States.
Eugene V. Debs:
The face of American Socialism, he ran for president in 1912 and received nearly a million votes.
Andrew Carnegie:
Wealthy typhoon of the Steel industry, published “The Gospel of Wealth”
John D. Rockefeller:
(some unknown date, could be 1858), discovery?? at Titusville, PA, made him one of the world’s richest men
Jacob Riis:
Danish immigrant, he wrote the marketing photojournalist classic, “How the Other Half Lives”
Booker T Washington:
Founder of the tuskegee institute
Alfred T Mahan:
Author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History
Interstate Commerce Act:
1887, legislation that led to the first federal regulatory commerce.
Homestead Act:
Said if you live on and develop a percent of land, the federal government will give (money i'm assuming).
Hepburn Act:
1906, this gave the ICC power to set maximum (or minimum) levels for railroad shipping sales.
Clayton Antitrust Act:
1914, provided clarification and muscle? To federal legislation in price fixing.
Chinese Exclusion Act:
1882, the only federal legislation aimed at one ethnic group
Morrill Land Grant Act:
1862, legislation that made possible Virginia Tech and UCLA
Dawes Act:
1887, federal legislation aimed at treating indians as individuals, not tribes
Keating Owen Act:
1916, federal legislation prohibiting the sale as interstate commerce of goods (produced by child labor im assuming)
Recall:
Introduced by Robert Lafayette, allows voters to unelect an elected official
Referendum:
Introduced by Robert Lafayette, allowed citizens to undo an act of the state legislature
Initiative:
Introduced by Robert Lafayette, allowed citizens to enact law in the absence of _______.
16th Amendment:
1913, this permitted the federal government to tax income.
17th Amendment:
1913, this allowed the direct election of U.S. senators
18th Amendment:
1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.
Vertical Integration:
Combination in one company of two or more stages of production
Free Silver:
1896 (not sure), the issue that motivated the Cross of Gold Speech and the Presidential candidates ________.
Plessy V Ferguson:
1896, SCOTUS case arising in New Orleans, established the principle of “separate but equal”
Social Gospel:
Movement associated with Walter Rauschenbusch and Charles Sheldon
Granger Laws:
They were found unconstitutional because only the federal government can regulate railroads and grain elevators.
Horizontal Integration:
Acquisition of a business operating at the same level of the value chain in the same industry.
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