13th - Abolished Slavery, 14th - African American Citizenship, 15th - African American male voting rights
What were the problems with sharecropping/the crop lien system?
Increased the number of renters of farmland. Increased the dependency of cash crop or lack of crop diversity Increased the amount of dept among the renters
How did Southern redeemers prevent freedmen equality?
Poll Tax Literacy Test Grandfather Clause KKK Terrorism Jim Crow Laws
What impact did Plessy v Ferguson have on the South?
It confirmed the legalization of segregation with "separate but equal".
What was Andrew Carnegie's monopoly and how did he obtain it?
Steel and Vertical Integration - buy the companies to help make your product, allowing you to sell your product at a cheaper price.
What was John D. Rockefeller's monopoly and how did he obtain it?
Oil and Horizontal Integration - buy out/eliminate the competition
What factors lead to the growth of American Industrialization?
Immigrants, Technology, Free Enterprise government policy, abundance of natural resources, Social Darwinism
Describe the principles of Capitalism.
Free Enterprise, Laissez Faire, Social Darwinism, Private Business Ownership
How did Industrialization change everyday life in the 1800s?
Improved technology, Faster transportation, better pay, more leisure time.
Why did Urbanization develop in the late 19th century?
African Americans moving from the South; Farmers looking for industrial work; Improved technology for Industrialization; New Immigration looking for new opportunities.
What problems existed with urbanization?
Overpopulation; Poorly built tenements; Crime; Trash/sewage and disease
What role did political machines have on the cities?
They appealed to the immigrant vote in order to win elections, as well as using voter fraud, graft, and kickbacks.
Why did the Homestead Act of 1862 help settle the West?
Gave anyone 160 acres of land as long as that person could stay on it for 5 years.
What led to the end of the cowboy way of life?
Ranches began decline due to the closure of the great plains with the use of barbed wire from settling homesteaders.
Describe the characteristics of a cowboy.
A young man from various races/cultures who led very tough and demanding life that often resulted in a short career.
What mostly lead to the decline of the Native American culture on the Great Plains?
Annihilation of the buffalo
How were Native Americans assimilated?
Dawes Act Education on the Reservations Boarding Schools
Why was the Dawes Act a failure?
Native Americans had no desire to bread up their cultural tradition by owning 160 acres of land and becoming farmers. Instead, many sold their land to white settlers.
What Native American conflicts were seen as vicious acts of brutality committed by white soldiers?
Sand Creek Wounded Knee
What event caused the Spanish-American War?
Explosion of the USS Maine
What role did the media have on this war?
They used yellow journalism to push the American population to war with Spain.
What territories did the U.S. gain from the Spanish-American War?
Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam
Who did Teddy Roosevelt lead in the victory at San Juan Hill?
Rough Riders
Why would the United States want to become an Empire?
New markets and Raw Materials Power and Prestige Spread Christianity Naval Power
Why was Hawaii annexed?
Naval Port Location Sugar Cane and other agricultural products
Why was the purchase of Alaska known as Seward's Folly?
Many felt that Alaska wasn't a valuable piece of land, just a frozen waste land.
How would the Panama Canal help American Imperialism?