exam 1

Question 1

black codes

Answer 1

during reconstruction- 1865- way to enslave without slavery- wanted to return to antebellum power- south carolina and mississippi- vagrancy laws- all african americans wanted was control over their families

Question 2

radical reconstruction and republicanism

Answer 2

during reconstruction– efforts by republicans and northerners to give black rights–1866– to support the republicans –civil rights act–response to southern black codes

Question 3

sharecropping

Answer 3

economic cotton struggles after abolition of slavery– gave opportunity for blacks to own a part of land if they worked on the plantations–1861-1865–lead to serious poverty and mistreatment

Question 4

Sharps Big 5.0

Answer 4

bison gun–1870s– responsible for wiping out all the bison– according to William Hornaday mans endless greed is responsible– began Indians reliance on american government

Question 5

Dawes Act of 1877

Answer 5

1877– assimilate indians into society– gav pot of land for ownership like settlers surrounding–werent used to this system of community– Tribal sovereignty– Chief Joseph

Question 6

Frontier Thesis

Answer 6

1893–Frederick jackson Turner– democracy is described by the frontier– hope, exploration of he unknown, chasing new goals–what happens when there is no more frontier

Question 7

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 7

1889–Steel Magnate– gospel of wealth– vertical integration–competition and the gap illustrates progress in society

Question 8

American Federation of Labor

Answer 8

1886–conservative skilled labor–aimed for higher wages–continued striking

Question 9

Prosper selkirk

Answer 9

the day the cowboys quit villain– cut wages– had law killed– represents the ruthless conflict between ranchers and strikers– every man for themselves– a chess game

Question 10

Pinkerton detective agency

Answer 10

1886–jay gould’s railroad strike– knights of labor worker went to a meeting and skipped work so the rangers showed up and the state militias

Question 11

farmer’s alliance

Answer 11

1887– economic struggles of farmers– inconsistency in prices due to industrial era and gilded age– eventually lead to the Populist party

Question 12

Populist party

Answer 12

1892–combat monopolistic economy– pro federal government involvement–free delivery– cut out middle man of shipping–sears and roebuck–

Question 13

plessy vs ferguson

Answer 13

1896–separate but equal–separation of street cars–there isn’t actually equality– Louisiana– start of segregation

Question 14

ida b wells

Answer 14

1900–female african american– lynch law– mob killings

Question 15

Roosevelt’s corollary

Answer 15

1904– added to the monroe doctrine– US policy over the caribbean–to correct administrative policy–

Question 16

The Jungle

Answer 16

1906–uptin sinclair–dramatizing meat packing industry in chicago– caused awarness of poor working conditions- intended to build support for the socialist movement–

Question 17

Margaret Sanger

Answer 17

middle class white christian woman– birth control– non traditional ideas about women controlling their own destiny in terms of having children–

Question 18

league of nations

Answer 18

wilson– 1919–preserving worldwide democracy– collective security– lodge blocked entry through senate because he believed it would compromise sovereignty

Question 19

Palmer Raids

Answer 19

US department of justice–1919– red scare– arrest people speaking about communism or the war in an ill way–shows how serious and dangerous antiwar activists were

Question 20

National origins act

Answer 20

1924– less than 2 percent from each country– were confused why american didn’t culturally match how it was years before–explicitly excluded asians