Honors US History, Social Darwinism
Edward Bellamy
wrote books about Socialism, ex. Looking Backward
James B. Weaver
was nominated in 1892 by the Populist Party for president.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
1896, establishes that states could make laws about segregation, it's okay to be separate but equal
Herbert Spencer
A British philosopher who applied the the theory of evolution to modern society and created Social Darwinism
Henry Ward Beecher
A Christian Evolutionist, believed that evolution was God's way of making the world perfect.
Social Darwinism
A theory of evolution applied to society, competition and natural selection, survival of the fittest
W.E.B. Du Bois
Believed that African Americans had to fight for their civil rights.
Henry George
Challenged social Darwinism
James A. Garfield
He was assassinated and it highlighted the need for reform in the political system.
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Lester Frank Ward
Reform Darwinist, argued that people succeeded because of their cooperation
Individualism
The belief that no matter what a person's background is, he or she can still become successful through effort, pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Gospel of Wealth
The idea that if someone is rich they have a responsibility to distribute his or her wealth to those in need, "The man who dies rich thus dies a disgrace.", created by Andrew Carnegie
Reform Darwinism
The idea that people are different because they can cooperate, like what we learn in preschool, they have the ability to plan.
Naturalism
The idea that some people couldn't move ahead in life because of their circumstances, not because of a lack of ability or evolution.
Populism
a political movement founded in the 1890s representing farmers that favored free coinage of silver and government control of the railroads and large industries, increased the political power of farmers.
Deflation
an ongoing decrease in prices and increase in the value of money
Inflation
an ongoing increase in prices and decrease in the value of money
Booker T. Washington
believed that African Americans had to wait patiently and lay low and eventually their civil rights would come
Farmers' Alliances
created cooperatives to collectively sell crops and called on government to create postal banks for low-interest loans.
Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota
enacted laws setting maximum rates for shipping freight and grain storage; Supreme Court generally upheld these laws
Penelton Civil Service Act
established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
Lynched
execution, by hanging, without a legal trial
Oliver H. Kelly
founded the first national farm organization known as the Patrons of Husbandry, which became known as the Grange, in the year 1867. The organization tried to help farms by starting cooperatives.
Populist Party (People's party)
was a third party formed by the members of the Farmers' Alliance in some states
Socialism
the theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole, leftism