Final Organizations/Groups Flashcards
(47 cards)
Freedmens Bureau
federal agency created in 1865 to help formerly enslaved people
-provided food, housing, education and legal assitance
-developed over 3,000 schools
-protected Af. Americans from violence and discrimination
Changed education in the South
-established schools, hired teachers
-increased literacy rates
KKK
used violence, intimidation, and terror to prevent blacks from voting, excercising their rights, and participating in politics
-restablished white supremacy
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
founded by Samuel Gompers
supported skilled workers
advocated for better wages, better conditions, and shorter hours
Wobblies
members of the industrial workers of the world
-radical labor union
started by Eugene V. Debs
supported unskilled workers
-immigrants, Af. Americans
advocated for revolutionary change to establish workers control over industry
Coxeys Army
Those involved were unemployed workers and it was led by Jacob Coxey
they marched on Wash DC
-protested for the Gov. to create jobs
-ended in arrest
Main railroad workers
Chinese and Irish immigrants
Exodusters
AF. American settlers who moved west to escape discrimination and seek better oppurtunities
-going to Kansas
-to find land, freedom, and better living condition adfter facing racial oppression in the south
Christian Womens Temperance
Aimed to ban alcohol
-believed it caused social problems like domestic violence and poverty
—> contributed to prohibition in the early 20th century
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Regulated railroads to ensure fair rates and prevent monopolies
-first federal agency to oversee business practices
Populism/Peoples Party
represented small farmers, wage laborers, Af. Americans, poor whites
-emerged from Famers Alliance
against big businesses and corporate government, railroads, and big banks
-supported unlimited coinage, of silver, progressive income tax, and federal control of the railroad, endorsed womens suffrage
Yellow Press
journalism that exagerated stories to sway public opinion
Main journalists
-William Rudolp and Joseph Pulitzer
Stirred Am. Support for the Spanish American war
Rough Riders
volunteer cavalry led by Theo Roosevelt
-almost 1 million volunteers/men
Buffalo Soldiers
Af. American regiments in the US army (about 10,000)
played a vital role in San Juan Hill
-alongside the rough riders
Anti imperialist league
opposed US expansion and imperialism
-formed in 1895 and argued that imperialism violated Am. democrat values
Andrew Carnegie and his steel tycoon were founders
Muckrackers
investigative journalists
-wrote articles and books exposing the problems of society
important muckrakers
-upton sinclair
-ida tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
Socilaist Party
supported free college, publicly owned factories, plublicly owned railroads, workers rights, social reforms
started by Eugene V. Debs
-railroad union leader
-ran for president 5 times
Groups formed Via social Gospel
YMCA, Salvation acrmy, settlement houses, YWCA, YWHA, YMHA
Conservation movement members
resources would be utilized in the most efficient manor w/ the least amount of waste
-Theo Roosevelt
-Gifford Pinchot
-John Muir
Progressive (Bull Moose) party
formed by roosevelt after splitting from the Republican Party
Black Hand
Group that played a role in ferdinands death
-serbian nationalist group
-opposed to the annexation and desired to see Bosnia and Serbia reunified
Triple Alliance/Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Entente/Allied Powers
France, Russia, UK, US, Italy
Leaugue of Nations
international organization formed after WW1 to prevent future wars
-a world court/assembly of nations
-US did not join
Flappers
young women
