HIST 2020: American History
20 Cards in this Set
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Black codes
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laws that had the intent of restricting African Americans Freedom and compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt
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Carpetbaggers
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Northerners who moved to the south after the U.S. Civil war, especially during reconstruction.
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Scalawags
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Southern whites who supported Rebulican part and Reconstruction after the American Civil War.
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The Great Compromise of 1876
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Informal unwritten deal that settled the 1876 election. Hayes would remove federal troops whose support was essential for the survival of Republican state governments.
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Free Labor Ideology
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Social mobility and middle class independence was available to every man who worked hard. Also believed that if slavery expanded it would depress wages and lead to job competition.
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The Big Die-up
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Series of Blizzards in 1886-1887 that killed thousands of cattle.
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Birth of a Nation
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A silent film in 1915 that portrayed African Americans and unintelligent and Sexually aggressive towards while women and protrayed the ku klux klan as heros.
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Jim Crow
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Mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in southern states of former confederacy, starting in 1890, a separate but equal status for African Americans.
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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landmark united states supreme court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities.
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Lost cause Ideology
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American literary Movement seeking to reconcile the traditionalist white society of the antebellum South that they admire.
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L. Frank Baum
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American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly the wonderful wizard of oz.
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Dawes Act
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Authorized the president of the U.S. to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
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Frederick Jackson Turner
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American Historian in the early 20th century famous for "The Significance of the Frontier in American History."
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Robber Barons
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Derogatory term applied to wealthy and powerful 19th century American Businessmen. Used exploitative practices to amass their wealth.
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Bohunks
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Immigrants from central or southeastern Europe, especially a laborer a rough or uncivilized person.
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Ocala Demands
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Abolish national banks
Income tax
Unlimited coinage of silver
Direct election of senators'
Regulation of railroads
Government crop warehouses
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William Randolph Hearst
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American newspaper publisher who built the nations largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism.. Creation of yellow journalism.
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Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)
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strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act to break up monopolies
excluded unions from being prosecuted as trusts
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Roosevelt Corollary
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According to this the US had the right to intervene in the domestic affairs between European Countries and Latin American countries if they could not maintain order.
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taylorism
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-simple repetitive tasks
-increased worker efficiency through routine
-workers should do what they are told
-called for safer work conditions but the trade-off was expendable jobs and even lower pay
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HIST 2020: American History