U1 M3-5 Quiz Study Guide Flashcards
Robber Baron
A business owner that became rich through vile and ruthless practices
Samuel Gompers
Founded the AFL (Columbus OH, 1886)
Andrew Carnegie
Owned steel mills in Pennsylvania in the late 19th century
Ellis Island
Opened in 1892; helped immigrants who were sick before they came into the U.S.
Political Machines
Local organizations that worked to win elections for power (got votes by providing resources to the poor)
Ida Tarbell
Leading muckraker after her father’s business was overtaken by Rockefeller
A. Philip Randolph
Leader in civil rights & labor movements
Eugene Debs
Leader/founder of America’s socialist party
Ida B. Wells
A founder of the NAACP and an early civil rights leader
19th amendment
Permitted women to vote
Great Migration
African Americans leave the south (where many were sharecroppers) and go north or east towards Atlanta, Georgia
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The “commodore”; owned 40% of U.S. railroads at one point
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Prevented Chinese immigrants from entering the United States
Social Darwinism
A misapplication of biological concepts to politics; whites were supposedly better than everyone else
New South
Agriculture becomes less prevalent as industry takes over
Progressive Movement
Improved life for the working class
Initiative
Voters can directly introduce bills
Referendum
Voters can demand reconsideration of legislative action
Recall
Voters can demand removal of an elected official
Pendleton Act/Civil Service Act
(1883) Reduced the number of biased government officials by hiring officials based on merit instead of political affiliation
Between 1871-1910, most immigrants came from:
Europe
Result of Henderson V. Mayor
Immigration could not be regulated by states; it had to be done by Congress
Bureau of Immigration
Founded in 1891 to help organize the process of immigration
New immigrants came from (places) (this time period):
Europe and Asia; after the civil war and up until the 1920s
When and where did the populist party have its first meeting?
1892 in Omaha, Nebraska
Who ran (and who won) the 1896 presidential election?
William Jennings Bryan (won) vs William McKinley
Impact of the panic (recession) of 1893
Caused economic problems, especially for banks and farmers. It justified some of the populists’ proposals
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
(1890) Forbade practices that restrained trade and prevented monopolies
