Final exam Flashcards
lincolns 10% plan
Lincoln issued pardons to those who swore loyalty to Union and accepted abolition of slavery
freedmans bureau
Federal agency established in 1865 to aid former slaves in their transition to freedom.
sharecropping
A system for renting farmland in which tenant farmers gave landlords a share of their crops, rather than cash, as rent
black codes
restrictions on african americans
the klan
Founded in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee, by six former Confederate generals
Used terror to create a climate of fear
Attempted to resist all aspects of Reconstruction, restore white supremacy, and destroy the Republican Party
plessy vs ferguson
Upheld Louisiana law requiring segregation of railroad facilities
Argued the “separate but equal” was constitutional under the 14th Amendment
black reconstruction
the period of Reconstruction where African Americans took an active role in state and local government
federal troops
each district in the south had a commander that forced the law
pacific rr act
Gave loans tot eh Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad companies to subsidize construction of rail line between Omaha and the Pacific
Act also gave the companies 10 square miles of the public domain for every mile of track laid
pools
agreement to divide up the market and charge equal prices instead of allowing competition to set prices
lobbying
private entities (companies, interest groups, professional organizations) that attempt to influence public officials for or against a particular issue
chicago
grew due to railroads
carl sanburg
ran everything in chicago, grain markets, mail order sales, steel and iron production etc
social darwinism
based of darwins theory of evolution, survival of the fittest
laissez faire capitalism
The principle that the government should not interfere in the workings of the economy- grew out of Social Darwinism
vertical vs horizontal integration
vertical: all activites brought togetehr in one company, carnegie
horizontal: multiple companies of one activity are brought together, rockefeller
carnegie
largest steel mill in 1875, used bessemer process
rockefeller
Revolutionized old refining (kerosene)
Bought refinery after refinery, creating Standard Oil in 1870
JP morgan
Raised the capital necessary for the Railroads to grow.
standard oil
all oil was produced by companies ran by rockefeller
carnegie steel
largest steel mill, cut costs to raise profits
plains indians
blackfeet, crows, lakotas, etc.