Reconstruction - progressive Flashcards
1
Q
Failure of Reconstruction era
4x
A
- Jim Crow laws - segragation
- Plessy vs Ferguson - enforced segregatipn on the railroad
- Emergence of the KKK
- Northern migration of African Americans
2
Q
Gilded age
6x
A
- Characterised by industrialised economy after civil war
- Great affluence but great inequality/corruption
- Coined by Mark Twain
- More immigrants from all over the world
- Large monopolies formed (Robber Barons)
- Social dawinism - poor people are naturally inferior
3
Q
Progressive era
A
- Widespread social activism and social reform
- Addresses problems caused by urbanisation, industrialisation, immigration and political corruption
- Regulation of monopolies - trust busting
- Women’s suffrage was promoted to bring a “purer” female vote
- Campaigned for prohibition of Alcohol
