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US/VA Unit 5 Vocab
Reshaping the Nation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the telephone |
| Andrew Carnegie | Scottish immigrant who made his fortune in the steel industry |
| Angel Island | Port of entry for immigrants from Asia; located in San Francisco |
| assimilation | the act of adopting the customs of one's new society to blend in |
| Booker T. Washington | Virginia-born African American activist who advocated for technical eduacation. He founded the Tuskegee Institute |
| Chinese Exculsion Act of 1882 | Piece of legislation which sought to ban Chinese immigrants |
| Clayton Anti-Trust Act | Stronger trust-busting legislation created in 1910 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Railroad baron who is often viewed as a "robber baron" |
| Cyrus McCormick | Virginia-based inventor who created the reaper |
| Ellis Island | Port of entry for immigrants from Europe; located in New York |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist labor organizer who was jailed during the Pullman Strike |
| Exodusters | African Americans who made an exodus to the West after the Civil War |
| Great Migration | Term used to describe the movement of African Americans northward for jobs and opportunity |
| Haymarket Square | A strike in Chicago which got out of hand due to the involvement of anarchists |
| Henry Ford | Often associated with the automobile but most importantly invented the assembly line |
| Homestead Act | 1962 Act which granted land for a small filing fee to anyone who agreed to live on it for 5 years |
| Homestead Strike | Strike that occurred at a Carnegie Steel plant in Pittsburgh |
| Ida B. Wells | African American woman who was a journalist during the Progressive Era |
| Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 | Anti-Immigration legislation that severely impacted individuals from Eastern Europe |
| Initiative | A method of proposing a piece of legislation |
| Jim Crow Laws | Legislation in the Southern United States which was discriminatory torwards African Americans |
| J. P. Morgan | A leader in both the financial and steel industries |
| John D. Rockefeller | Major oil baron who was a famous trust organizer |
| Knights of Labor | Early labor union whose influence ended with some poorly managed strikes |
| Laissez-Faire Policy | Belief that government should stay "hands-off" towards business |
| 19th Amendment | allows women to vote |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Surpeme Court case that said "seperate but equal" was legal |
| Progressive Movement | Movement that sought to solve the ills of society |
| Pullman Strike | Strike that was ended when President Cleveland sent in troops to prevent interference with mail delivery |
| Recall | vote to remove a public official from office (state level) |
| Referendum | a question on the ballot to resolve a political issue |
| Samuel Gompers | Labor activist and founder of the American Federation of Labor |
| 17th Amendment | called for direct popular election of senators |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | Created in 1890 to regulate industry and tackle the issue of trusts |
| 16th Amendment | addded the income tax |
| Thomas Edison | invented the light bulb, the phonograph and the first power station |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | Tragedy in New York that resulted from poor working conditions and lack of fire code |
| Upton Sinclair | A socialist and famous muckraker who wrote "The Jungle" |
| W.E.Dubois | African American activist who believed a college degree was the best path for the success of African Americans |
| Wright Brothers | invented the first airplane in North Carolina |
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