click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
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 |