Terms 121-130

Question 1

Jane Addams

Answer 1

A middle-class woman dedicated to uplifting the urban masses; college educated (one of first generation); established the Hull House in Chicago in 1889 (most prominent American settlement house, mostly for immigrants); condemned war and poverty; won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931

Question 2

Booker T. Washington

Answer 2

Black born into slavery. Founder and President the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Blacks should adopt the standards of the white middle class and then would be accepted into white society

Question 3

Ghost Dance

Answer 3

Inspired by prophet Wovoka, a Paiute in Nevada. Emphasized the coming of a messiah, mass “Ghost Dance” where people had mystical visions of whites leaving and buffalo return. White agents on the Sioux reservations watched the dances in fear.

Question 4

Dawes Act

Answer 4

Provided for the gradual elimination of tribal ownership of land and the allotment of tracts to individual owners. Adults became citizens but couldn’t gain full ownership of land for 25 yrs. They were encouraged to assimilate: become Christian, children taken to boarding schools

Question 5

Interstate Commerce Act

Answer 5

Regulated railroad rates, prohibiting rate discrimination

Question 6

American Federation of Labor

Answer 6

Formed by Samuel Gompers (37 yr pres). Skilled laborers only. High union fees=strike fund, benefits, limited membership, and collective bargaining. Haymarket Street riot discredited it. Formed AFL-CIO in 1949

Question 7

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Answer 7

Required the gov’t to purchase silver and pay for it with gold. Chief cause of weakening gold reserves

Question 8

McKinley Tariff (1890)

Answer 8

1890 bill calling for the highest peacetime tariff yet: 48.4 percent. It gave a bounty of two cents a pound to American sugar producers, and raised tariffs on agricultural products. The duties on manufactured goods hurt farmers financially.

Question 9

Populist Party

Answer 9

A political group which began to emerge in 1891. They gained much support from farmers who turned to them to fight political unfairness. They used a progressive platform. James B. Weaver ran as their presidential candidate in 1892. They had an impressive voter turnout. They were also known as the People’s Party.

Question 10

Pullman Strike

Answer 10

George Pullman, 25% wage cuts led to largest walkout in US history. The railroads stopped. Eugene Debs gets 27 state railroads to join in. Fed Gov’t settled with court action. Union gets respect