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Unit 6--Part 1
APUSH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1st law to restrict immigration on basis of race/nationality | Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 |
| ranching whereby cowboys corralled cattle on US government-owned land and drove them to RR junctions in Kansas for sale | “open range” ranching |
| invention by Joseph Glidden that helped bring about the end of open-range ranching by cutting off access to the open ranges | barbed wire |
| federal law that gave 160 acres of public land free to any family that settled on it for 5 years | Homestead Act of 1862 |
| western settlers on Great Plains who built homes of grass | "sodbusters" |
| historian who argued that the frontier had played a fundamental role in shaping the unique character of American society | Frederick Jackson Turner |
| Frederick Jackson Turner's theory that westward expansion shaped the American character | frontier thesis |
| argued that American forces should stay off Indian lands | A Century of Dishonor |
| place for Native Americans in Pennsylvania that sought to assimilate them into American culture | Carlisle School |
| Law that attempted to assimilate Indians into American culture by dividing tribal lands into 160 acre farms or 320 acre ranches | Dawes Severalty Act (1887) |
| A spiritual movement by the Sioux that claimed the white man would soon disappear from their lands | "Ghost Dance" movement |
| battle between US troops and Sioux (Lakota) that signifies the end of the Indian wars | Wounded Knee |
| Sioux Chief killed by US troops at Wounded Knee | Sitting Bull |
| term referring to South after Civil War; signifies new southern economy based upon integration into national economy, industry, and transportation improvements | New South |
| system in which farmer paid portion of his crop as payment for the supplies (to store owners) | Crop Lien System |
| Supreme Court case that said “separate but equal” accommodations in public were constitutional; started Jim Crow South | Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
| term that refers to racial segregation in the South after the Civil War | Jim Crow South |
| black leader who founded the Tuskegee Institute; said social equality was “folly”; so blacks should at least improve themselves economically | Booker T. Washington |
| speech made by Booker T. Washington that said social equality was not possible yet and economic equality should be focus for blacks | Atlanta Compromise |
| challenged Booker T. Washington's idea of accommodation (Atlanta Compromise); said blacks should work for total social and political equality | W.E.B. DuBois |
| farm movement of late 1800s that forced lawmakers to regulate shipping costs | The Grange |
| said the Black Hills belonged to the Sioux--but this was later violated by the US government | Treaty of Fort Laramie |
| making someone interpret a document before they can vote | literacy test |
| this allowed someone to vote who was otherwise excluded, based on their family's heritage | grandfather clause |
| organization that used the legal system to fight for African-American rights | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
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