APUSH TERMS 6

Question 1

Form of monopolistic system used by the “captains of industry” in the U.S from the 1870’s to 1900 to control production and sale. Vertical = mine to market; Horizontal = specialization in one particular aspect of business

Answer 1

Vertical or Horizontal Integration

Question 2

Political cartoonist whose work exposed the abuses of the Tweed ring, criticized the South’s attempts to impede Reconstruction, and lampooned labor unions. Created the animal symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties.

Answer 2

Thomas Nast

Question 3

A term used to describe the Gilded Age monopolist for their Social Darwinist practices who referred to themselves as “Captains of Industry.”

Answer 3

Robber Barons

Question 4

The Patrons of Husbandry or farmers organized against railroad abuses. Similar group to the Farmers Alliance.

Answer 4

Grangers

Question 5

19th century of belief that evolutionary ideas theorized by Charles Darwin could be applied to society.

Answer 5

Social Darwinism

Question 6

American battleship that blew up in Havana, Cuba, and ultimately started the Spanish – American War of 1898 “To Hell with Spain! Remember the Maine!”

Answer 6

The USS MAINE

Question 7

Sensational newspaper reporting by William Randolph Hearst and Jay Pulitzer’s news journals that helped instigate a war with Spain.

Answer 7

Yellow Journalism

Question 8

Spanish Ambassador’s letter that was illegally removed from the U.S. Mail and published by American newspapers. It criticized the President in insulting terms. Used by war hawks as a pretext for war in 1898.

Answer 8

De Lome Letter

Question 9

Naval historian who influenced American Imperialism and a world-wide naval arms race with his support of large battleships and large navies to protect overseas colonial holdings & trade.

Answer 9

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Question 10

Secretary of State John Hay’s plan in 1899 to give all countries equal trading rights with China and respect Chinese sovereignty. Derived from his Policy Notes which closed the door to the European/Japanese “spheres of influence”.

Answer 10

Open Door Policy

Question 11

Term applies to southern and eastern European immigrants that came to American cities in the 1890’s.

Answer 11

New Immigrant

Question 12

During the Industrial Revolution, Jane Addams founded this settlement house that offered social programs for immigrants.

Answer 12

Hull House

Question 13

American political movement that began in the Midwest among agrarian interests who believed the money supply was too restrictive (Hard Money) and demanded monetary reform (coinage of Silver). Their support of socialist ideas laid the groundwork for the “progressive” movement.

Answer 13

Populists

Question 14

The last major battle between the Native Americans and the U.S. Army in 1890. U.S army reacted to the ghost dance religion of the Sioux tribe. Ghost Dance Movement was the Native American traditional religion that resurrected through dance the great bison herds and to call a storm to drive whites back across the Atlantic

Answer 14

Wounded Knee/ Ghost Dance Movement

Question 15

Passed to appease pro-silver interests of Midwest Farmers, the act created inflation and lowered Gold Reserves thus causing the panic of 1893.

Answer 15

Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1890

Question 16

The AFL was the first successful trade union that succeeded in bringing acceptance to unions because its members were skilled and were willing to avoid strikes through “collective bargaining”.

Answer 16

American Federation of Labor

Question 17

These were hundreds of unemployed laborers led by a populist businessman on a march to Washington D.C. to demand a work relief program. They were dispersed when they arrived and the leaders were arrested.

Answer 17

Coxey’s Army

Question 18

Addendum to the Monroe Doctrine where the U.S. promised to intervene in Latin American affairs if its “police powers” needed to be used.
The nickname of Teddy Roosevelt’s bold foreign policy (gunboat diplomacy) in Latin America

Answer 18

Roosevelt Corollary/ Big Stick Policy

Question 19

Muckraker Upton Sinclair wrote the novel during the progressive era. It prompted President T. Roosevelt to sign the Meat Inspection Act.

Answer 19

The Jungle

Question 20

National American Women’s Suffrage Association. It played a pivotal role in the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 which guaranteed women’s right to vote.

Answer 20

NAWSA

Question 21

Passed to curb the abuses of big business in 1890, it was instead used to break up labor unions by claiming unions were a “labor trust”.

Answer 21

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 22

A type of economic imperialism in which the Taft administration’s use of monetary power created dependency among Latin Amer. Countries to the U.S.

Answer 22

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 23

Signed into law by President Wilson it was considered to be the “Magna Carta of Labor”. It outlawed restraining orders (Injunctions). Its primary purpose was to outlaw price discrimination and interlocking directorates.

Answer 23

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Question 24

Slogan for the reform program of Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party) in the election of 1913.

Answer 24

New Nationalism

Question 25

Supreme Court Case that upheld Jim Crow segregation laws as legal so as they were “separate but equal”.

Answer 25

Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896