1877 US History Flashcards
What ended the disputed 1876 presidential election?
Compromise of 1877
Who was granted the presidency through the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
What did the Compromise of 1877 result in regarding federal troops?
Removal from the South
What laws legalized segregation in public spaces?
Jim Crow Laws
What methods disenfranchised African Americans?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
What system kept many freed slaves in poverty?
Sharecropping
Who participated in the sharecropping system?
Freed slaves and poor whites
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery
What did the 14th Amendment grant?
Citizenship and equal protection
What did the 15th Amendment prohibit?
Denying voting rights based on race
Who is associated with steel industry expansion?
Andrew Carnegie
Who is associated with the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
Who is associated with finance expansion?
J.P. Morgan
What did the Knights of Labor advocate for?
8-hour workday
Who led the AFL?
Samuel Gompers
What was the Haymarket Riot?
Violent clash in Chicago
What year did the Pullman Strike take place?
1894
How many immigrants were processed at Ellis Island?
Over 12 million
What issues arose from urbanization?
Overcrowding, crime, sanitation
Who was known for trust-busting and conservation during the Progressive Era?
Theodore Roosevelt
What did Jane Addams found?
Hull House
What did Upton Sinclair expose in ‘The Jungle’?
Meatpacking abuses
What act limited monopolies?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Which act ensured safe food and medicine?
Pure Food and Drug Act
What did the Meat Inspection Act set standards for?
Meat production
What were Settlement Houses?
Community centers for immigrants
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What event involved German U-boats sinking a ship?
Lusitania
What was the Zimmermann Telegram?
Germany encouraged Mexico to attack the U.S.
What did propaganda campaigns promote?
War bonds and rationing
Who took industrial jobs during the war efforts?
Women and minorities
What did the Treaty of Versailles do to Germany?
Blamed Germany for the war
What did the U.S. reject post-WWI?
Joining the League of Nations
What was celebrated during the Harlem Renaissance?
African American art, music, and literature
Who were key figures in the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington
What did flappers symbolize?
Women’s independence
What did the 18th Amendment ban?
Alcohol
What was a consequence of Prohibition?
Speakeasies and crime
Who is associated with the growth of automobiles?
Henry Ford
What triggered the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash
What date is known as ‘Black Tuesday’?
October 29, 1929
What did the CCC do?
Employed young men
What did the WPA support?
Artists and infrastructure
What did the Social Security Act establish?
Pensions for the elderly
What was D-Day?
Allied invasion of Normandy
What was the Battle of Midway?
Turning point in the Pacific
How many Japanese Americans were relocated during Japanese Internment?
120000
What ended World War II?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
What was established after World War II?
United Nations
What did the Truman Doctrine do?
Contained communism
What was the Marshall Plan?
Rebuilt Europe post-war
What was the Korean War about?
North vs. South Korea
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviets placed missiles in Cuba
When did the Vietnam War end?
1975
What significant event started the Space Race?
Soviets launched Sputnik
When did the U.S. land on the moon?
1969
What did Brown v. Board of Education achieve?
Desegregated schools
What sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks’ arrest
What was significant about the March on Washington?
MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’
What did the Civil Rights Act (1964) do?
Banned segregation
What influenced suburbanization and culture after WWII?
Baby Boom
What youth movement rejected traditional values?
Counterculture
What book sparked the modern environmental movement?
Silent Spring
What demonstrations were significant during the Vietnam War era?
Anti-War Protests
What agreement ended the Vietnam War?
Paris Peace Accords
When did the fall of Saigon occur?
1975
What scandal led to Nixon’s resignation?
Watergate
What major economic issue occurred during the 1970s?
Stagflation
What economic policy is associated with the 1980s Conservative Resurgence?
Reaganomics
What did Reaganomics involve?
Tax cuts and deregulation
When did the Cold War officially end?
1989
What key event happened during the Post-Cold War Era?
Persian Gulf War
What significant technological development occurred in the 1990s?
Technology Boom
What event led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
9/11 Attacks
When was marriage equality legalized?
2015
What does #MeToo address?
Sexual harassment
Name a global agreement on climate change.
Paris Accord
