Period 6: 1865-1898

Question 1

Munn v Illinois

Answer 1

1877
if interest of public good, then states can regulate prices reasonably

Question 2

Compromise of 1877

Answer 2

1877
Hayes becomes president, troops withdraw from South

Question 3

Hall v DeCuir

Answer 3

1878
allowed segregation

Question 4

Bland-Allison Act

Answer 4

1878
coined limited number of silver

Question 5

Treaty of 1878

Answer 5

1878
get rights to Pago- Pago, Samoa

Question 6

Electric light

Answer 6

invented 1879
Thomas Edison

Question 7

Knights of Labor goes public

Answer 7

1879
President Powderly
no strike stand
both skilled and unskilled
too diverse

Question 8

Dust Bowl

Answer 8

begins 1880

Question 9

Election of 1880

Answer 9

Garfield (Rep) defeats Hancock (Dem)
Garfield dies - VP Chester Arthur becomes President

Question 10

Tuskegee Institute

Answer 10

founded 1881

Question 11

A Century of Dishonor

Answer 11

1881
written by Helen Hunt

Question 12

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 12

1882

Question 13

European Restriction Act

Answer 13

1882

Question 14

Brooklyn Bridge completed

Answer 14

1883

Question 15

Civil Rights Cases

Answer 15

1883
allowed individual discrimination

Question 16

Jim Crow laws

Answer 16

more passed 1883

Question 17

Election of 1884

Answer 17

Cleveland (Dem) defeats Blaine (Rep)

Question 18

The American Federation of Labor

Answer 18

1886 founded by Gompers
for skilled only (no women/blacks)
dealt only with labor
used strikes

Question 19

Interstate Commerce Act

Answer 19

1886
regulated RR and private business

Question 20

Haymarket Incident

Answer 20

1886
peaceful turned violent
people think unions are radical

Question 21

Interstate Commerce Commission

Answer 21

1887
forbid long haul / short haul practices

Question 22

American Protective Association

Answer 22

1887
Anti-Catholic

Question 23

Dawes Severalty Act

Answer 23

1887
government break up land individually
break up farms
failed

Question 24

Election of 1888

Answer 24

Harrison (Rep) defeats Cleveland (Dem)

Question 25

Hull House

Answer 25

1889 founded by Jane Addams

Question 26

Berlin Conference

Answer 26

1889 US, Britain, Germany agree to joint protection of Samoa - doesn't work

Question 27

1st Pan American Conference

Answer 27

1889 trade agreement

Question 28

Bering Sea Controversey

Answer 28

1889 over seals

Question 29

North American Women's Suffrage Association

Answer 29

founded 1890

Question 30

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 30

1890 "Trusts in restraint of trade are illegal"

Question 31

Wounded Knee

Answer 31

1890 Indians revolt to outlawing the sacred ghost dance Last Indian war

Question 32

Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Answer 32

1890 govt buts silver but doesn't coin curb inflation

Question 33

McKinley Tariff Act

Answer 33

1890 raises tariffs

Question 34

The Homestead Strike

Answer 34

1892 at Carnegie Steel Pinkerton guards ad troops put down strike

Question 35

Miners strike

Answer 35

1892 Idaho

Question 36

General Electric Company

Answer 36

formed 1892

Question 37

Populist Omaha Platform

Answer 37

1892 8hr work day nationalization of RR inflation coinage of silver anti-rich capitalist decrease tariff

Question 38

Election of 1892

Answer 38

Cleveland (Rep) defeats Harrison (Dem) and Weaver (Populist)

Question 39

Depression of 1893

Answer 39

1893

Question 40

Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed

Answer 40

1893 devalued gold

Question 41

Pullman Strike

Answer 41

1894 Pullman Co. controls prices but fires workers - American Railway Union strikes

Question 42

Coxey's Army marches on Washington

Answer 42

1894 for unemployment relief

Question 43

US v EC Knight Company

Answer 43

1895 difference between manufacturing and commerce manufacturing doesn't fall under anti-Trust Act

Question 44

Pollack v Farmer's Loan and Trust Co.

Answer 44

1995 income tax is unconstitutional

Question 45

In reDebs

Answer 45

1895 strikes are a restraint of trade under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 46

Atlanta Compromise

Answer 46

1895 Booker T Washington booth races must accept and help each other blacks have to earn rights

Question 47

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 47

1896 "Separate but Equal"

Question 48

Election of 1896

Answer 48

McKinley (Rep) defeats Bryan (Dem)

Question 49

Cross of Gold Speech

Answer 49

1896 William Jennings Bryan

Question 50

Dingley Tariff

Answer 50

1897 raises tax on duties