APUSH Period 6 Review

13th amendment

(1865) abolished slavery in the U.S.

Battle of Little Bighorn

Custard defeated by natives

Haymarket Square Chicago (1886)

Police went to a meeting protesting brutality by authorities. bomb thrown, 8 people convicted

new immigrants

after 1880, italians, jews, croatians, slavaks, greeks, and polish

chinese exclusion act 1882

almost eliminated all chinese immigrants

american federation of labor (1886)

association of smaller, more specific unions. only organized skilled laborers. very effective. Some employers would only hire people apart of this union or make their employees join.

j. pierpont morgan

banking

National Association of colored women

created because most women associations excluded black women with the fear that they would hurt their cause. Prohibited alcohol and promoted reform

Dawes Severalty Act 1887

dissolved tribes and tribal ownership of land

hatch act of 1887

extended the morill act providing federal funds for agricultural experiment stations

Force Acts 1870 and 1871

federal troops attempted to stop violence against african americans in the south

14th ammendment

gace african americans rights and equal protection

Homestead Act 1862

gave settlers 160 acres of land for a small fee if they lived there and improved the land for 5 years

Worlds columbian exposition 1893

held in chicago. landscapes, pavilions, and fountains. Honored the 400 year anniversary of the columbus voyage.

grandfather clause

if your grandfather couldn't vote, you can't either

Compromise of 1877

informal agreement between democrats and republicans to settle election results of 1876. Democrats agreed to let republicans win if they ended reconstruction in the south.

knights of labor

invited people from all trades, campaigned for economic and social reform, and better safety and health for employees. No politics

morill act 1862

law that provided generous grant to support public education

old immigrants

prior to 1880, came from western europe, britain, ireland, germany, chinese

Interstate Commerce Act 1887

puts limits and regulations on railroads

sherman anti-trust act (1890)

puts limits on big trust and corporations. ineffective because it wasn't enforced, to many loopholes, started to threaten grip of monopolies.

15th amendment

right to vote for african americans

Ku Klux Klan

secret organization who made it their mission to suppress african americans

John D. Rockefeller

standard oil company

Andrew Carnegie

steel industry

homestead strike 1892

steelworkers on strike in homestead Pennsylvania

Jim Crow Laws

systematic state laws to further separate whites and blacks

city beautiful movement

the new american cities shouldn't just look beautiful they should convey confidence, harmony, order, and monumentality.

pragmatism

the truth of an idea is to be tested by its practical consequences

panic of 1873

to many loans led to the collapse of the credit system. 15,000 businesses went bankrupt. idea of backing money up with silver since we were running out of gold.

Plessy vs Fergeson 1896

upheld segregation

pullman strike of 1894

wages were cut by 1/3, workers reacted by overturning railroad cars in chicago. led to outcries all over the country

National Women's Suffrage Society

women banned together to fight for the right to vote