key facts: 1865 - 1890 Flashcards
when/what was the emanci[ation proclamation
1862
ebolish slavery in conquered states
when and what was the 13th ammendment
1865
ebolish slavery everywhere
when and what was the 14th ammendment
1868
confirmed rights and citizenship of blacks and banned restrictive privelages
when and what was the 15th ammendment
1870
right to vote couldnt be denied based on colour, race, previous servitude
when and what were the enforcement acts
1870-71
criminal offence to restrict civil and political rights of others
when and what was the civil rights act
1875
guarenteed blacks equal accomodation in public places (lacked enforcement - soon vetoed)
when and what was the southern compramise
1877
withdraw millitary from the south - end reconstruction
when and what was the belknap scandal
1867
secretary of war resigns for taking backhanders
what was the whiskey ring
private secretary defrauds million in whiskey taxing
when was the gold scandal
1869
when was the salary grab
1873
when and what was the colfax massacre
1873
150 blacks killed after they caused a republican to be elected
when and what was the amnesty act
1872
allowed some ex confederates back into politics
when was the 1st economic depression
1873
how many black senator and represantatives were there
2 and 20
who was hayes
77-81
want to end spoils system
dealt with railroad strikes
who was garfield
81
support civil service reforms and reform postal service
who was arthur
81-84
end spoils system, federal immigration law, chinese exclusion, 1883 tariff act
when and what was the pendleton act
1883
end spoils system and reform civil service
who was cleveland
84-88
muddy election - supported by mugwumps - continued civil service reform - wont fire good republicans
how many immigrants by 1890
10 million
when was the first stock crash
1873
when was NAWSA established
1890
when and what was the granger movement
1867
united farmers against railroad companies
what was the population in 1860 and 1880
31.5 million and 50 million
how many immigrants were there by 1870
2.8 million
how many miles of track laid by 1900
170,000
how many people did the transcontinental tail take west by 1900
1 million
when was the transcontinental rail created
1869
how many laboures unemployed becuase of 1873 depression
1 million
what was the population in chicago in 1850 and 1890
30,000 and 1 million
what was the price of a bushel of wheat in 1866 and 1869
1.45 and 0.76
who was rockefeller
1862 first oil refinery - 1870 standard oil company - 85% industry - philanthropy
who was carnegie?
bessemer converter - monopolise steel production - 480 million empire - vertical integration - philanthropy
how many farms were there in 1870 and 1890
148,000 and 285,000
how many west residents were there in 1860 and 1890
760,00 and 6 million
when and what was the sherman anti-trust act
1890
trusts and monopolisation illegal (not well enforced)
what did the granger movement want
silver staandard industrial moderisation reduce rail prices reduce intrest on loans 800,000 members - 1 grnage in every state
when and what was Munn vs Illinois
1876
sided with grangers over maximum charge of grain storage
when and what was the knights of labour movement
1869 terrence powderly 8hour shift no child labour gradual income tax 750,000 members becuase paralised southwest rail
when and what was the dawes act
1887
broke up reservations
how much was paid for native children to be put in schools
2.5 million
20,000 children
148 boarding schools
1899
how many people did the transcontinental rail carry west in 1870 and 1882
15,000 and 1 million
when and what was the monroe doctrine?
1823
america shouldnt get involved in european affairs unless in their intrests
when and what was miday island
1867r
for guano and trade
when and what was the burlingame treaty
1868
trade and transport with china
when was the colonisation of dominican republic rejected becuase they were savages
1869
when and how much did america buy alaska for
1867
$7.2 million
when and how much gold was found in yukon
1896
7 million
when did canada become self governing
1867
what hostilities between britain and america
britian blamed for deaths from alabama ship
america wanted 2 billlion or control of canada
(they got 15.7 million)
when and what was the first agreement with hawaii
1875
tax free import of sugar
when and what was the renewal deal with hawaii
1887
pearl harbour
when was pan americanism conference
1881
when did the knights of labour strike against jay gould
1885
when was the sherman anti trust act undermined by a court case
1895
US vs E.C Knight said sugar refining not monopolising
what did the 1893 depression cause
15,000 companies and 600 banks to close
when and what was the repeal of the silver purchase act
1893
increase confidence in market after deprssion
(done by cleveland)
who competed and won the 1896 election
Bryan and mcKinley
McKinley won becuase of money and publicity
Bryan was populist democrat who wanted silver standard
