ch 13-16

Question 1

what did populism call for

Answer 1

1. railroad regulation
2. direct elections of senate
3. graduated income tax
4. eight hour day

Question 2

what were the problems farmers were having

Answer 2

1. falling prices
2. increased debt
3. high interest rates
4. lack of government concern
5. dishonest merchants
6. high freight trains

Question 3

assassination of garfield, 1881

Answer 3

Charles J. Guiteau shot James A. Garfield, he believed that the Republican Party had not fulfilled its promise to give him a government job.

Question 4

“bosses of senate”

Answer 4

cartoon reflecting americas trend in becoming a monopoly

Question 5

nwsa

Answer 5

national womens suffrage association was created by Elizabeth stanton and susan B Anthony

Question 6

chinese exclusion

Answer 6

stopped immigration of chinese workers into america

Question 7

W.E.B du Bois

Answer 7

supported the idea that blacks should demand full equality.

Question 8

Booker t Washington

Answer 8

believed that blacks should stop fighting segregation, and focus on building the economy

Question 9

plessy v Ferguson

Answer 9

court descison making black and white facilities separate but equal. plessy was removed from train seat.

Question 10

poll taxes

Answer 10

forced people to pay to vote

Question 11

literacy tests

Answer 11

rigged to fail all minorites

Question 12

grandfather clauses

Answer 12

allowed exemptions for whites whos grandfathers could vote in 1860

Question 13

jim crow laws

Answer 13

legalized racial segreagation. dominated the american south

Question 14

exodusters

Answer 14

freedmen who moved west to escape sharecropping

Question 15

homestead act of 1862

Answer 15

gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would farm it and resettle in the west.

Question 16

transcontinental railroad

Answer 16

railroad going from east to west making it easier to transport goods.

Question 17

dawes act/ general allotment

Answer 17

1887 act that divided indian reservations into private family plots.

Question 18

wounded knee

Answer 18

war between siox indians and a us calvary. indians lost and stopped resisting.

Question 19

little big horn

Answer 19

war between siox indians and a us calvary. siox beat america.

Question 20

the grange

Answer 20

national union of farmers that provided education on farming techniques.

Question 21

southern problems

Answer 21

1. repairing the destruction of the civil war
2. agrarian-based
3. limit skilled labor, capital, and public education
4. few banks

Question 22

higher standard of living

Answer 22

1. better sanitation & medical care
2. factory produced clothing
3. prepackaged food
4. indoor plumbing
5. public transportation

Question 23

pulitzer and hearst

Answer 23

both journalists who are responsible for creating yellow journalism. both had new york newspapers and were fighting for popularity.

Question 24

flat iron skyscraper

Answer 24

new yorks first skyscraper and made of steel

Question 25

advantages of the cities:

Answer 25

1. economic opportunity- factories and service industries
2. Opportunities for women- teaching
3. education
4. entertainment

Question 26

melting pot

Answer 26

each ethnicity brings own ideas and blends into national culture (assimilation)

Question 27

nativism

Answer 27

viewed immigrants as outsiders and did not support assimilation

Question 28

ellis island

Answer 28

immiration processing center in the new york harbor. served immigarnts from europe.

Question 29

angel island

Answer 29

immigration processing center in san franscisco. served chinese and asian immigrants. very strict and didnt let many in.

Question 30

samuel gompers and AFL

Answer 30

american federation of labor was founded by Samuel Gompers. the afl was an alliance of craft unions for mutual support

Question 31

uriah stevens/Terrance powerly & knights of labor

Answer 31

founded by uriah stevens but mostly ran by terrance powerly. the KOL wanted to improve working conditions.

Question 32

sherman anti trust act of 1890

Answer 32

banned contracts that restrained trade. goal was to get rid of monopolies.

Question 33

vertical integration

Answer 33

purchase companies at all levels of production

Question 34

horizontal integration

Answer 34

buying out competing companies

Question 35

john d rockefeller

Answer 35

founded standard oil, the largest corp at its time

Question 36

thomas edison

Answer 36

american inventor who created the lightbulb