U.S History Final Flashcards
Jim Crow Law
Laws that called for segregation in all public facilities.
Lynching Law
Law that allowed killing people by mob action, without trial.
What was the impact of the railroad on the country ?
- Transportation of larger quantities of goods over longer distances.
- Increased Commerce.
- Unite the Nation.
How did western settlements affect the Native Americans in the US?
- Settlers brought diseases.
- Introduce alcohol to Native Americans.
- Forced them off of their native land and into reservations.
- Forced children into settlement schools to be “Americanize”.
Homestead Act
Citizens could apply for a federal land grant and they must live on the land and farm it for 5 years.
What was the significance of the Mining Frontier ?
- First group of non-natives to move into the west.
- Resulted in the creation of many territories and states.
- Resulted in immigration into the US.
Long Drive
Cowboys drove herds of cattle to reach railroad stations, which typically took 2 months.
Dawes Act
Congress gave allotments to individual Native Americans, in attempt to create more free land and assimilate Native Americans.
Robber Barons
People who focus on making as much money as they can to only benefit themselves.
Captains of Industry
People who focus on enhancing the prosperity of the American economy through industry.
How does the government help big businesses?
The government created many regulations that allowed the big businesses to hire more people to make sure the regulations were met. It hurt the small businesses because they were not able to afford more employees, so many small business did not succeed.
Corporations
A business with many share holders; they were formed to raise capital and expansion.
The Gilded Age
After the Civil War, it was a period when America undergoes many social problems, but they were hidden by the enormous growth of the country.
Streetcar Suburbs
Communities that developed by the use of the streetcar lines as their primary means of transportation to get to cities.
1st Wave of Immigration
From the 1500 to 1850, immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe. They were mostly protestant and irish catholic who came for settlement.
2nd Wave of Immigration
From 1860 to 1924, immigrants came from Asia, Southern Europe, and Eastern Europe. They were mostly jewish, catholic, and orthodox who came from work opportunities.
3rd Wave of Immigration
- 1964: US ends immigration.
- 1965: US allows immigration again.
- Immigrants came from Mexico who came as temporary workers.
4th Wave of Immigration
From 1965 to today, immigrants came from Asia, Latin America, and Africa who came for better all around opportunity. This is when the visa is created, which caused a lot of illegal immigration because it was hard to get.
Nativism
An extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people and the desire to limit immigration.
Knights of Labor
Labor organization who
- Rejected socialism and radicalism.
- Wanted the 8-hour day
- Social uplift of the workmen.
- Sometimes acted like a Labor Union, but was not very organized and soon failed.
AFL
American Federation of Labor. It was an association of labor unions branched from the Knights of Labor.
Haymarket Riot
A labor protest in Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot when someone threw a bomb at the police. It resulted in a setback in the success of labor movement.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Prohibited monopolies and sustained competition to protect companies from each other and consumers from unfair business.
Grangers
A social organization that fought for laws to help farmers and created Co-ops.