Events and terms that have to do with the post-civil war/reconstruction era of America's history
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| 132257529 | Vertical Integration | Claiming ownership for everything that is necessary for a company's business; includes production, transport, refining, and marketing | |
| 132257530 | Horizontal Integration | The buying of smaller companies | |
| 137706025 | Waving the Bloody Shirt | Reliving Civil War glory in order to envoke enthusiasm from voters. 1st used by the Grand Administration in the Republican Party | |
| 137706026 | Pendleton Act of 1883 | Testing people to make sure that they were really qualified to take federal positions | |
| 137706027 | Mugwumps | Republicans who were "on the fence" during the competition for Republican Party Patronage between the Stalwarts and the Halfbreeds | |
| 137706028 | "Cross of Gold" Speech | Gold is becoming the rapid downfall of the people and that people are making unnecessary sacrifices in order to obtain gold; people are basically crucifying themselves on a golden cross | |
| 137706029 | Sherman Antitrust Act | Abolition of major companies getting together and agreeing on fixed prices in order to bring about the downfall of minor competative companies | |
| 137706030 | Jacob Coxey | A Populist who led Coxey's Army to Washington and demanded that the government invests $500M in creating new jobs | |
| 137706031 | Jane Addams | Established the Hull House which enabled a shelter for immigrants and offered immigrants education, counceling, Childcare, and Cultural Activities | |
| 137706032 | Thomas Nast | A political cartoonist who made cartoons to point out that there was alot of political corruption that was going on that the people were not adressing as well as they could | |
| 137706033 | The Wabash Case | Individual states were not to have the power to regulate interstate commerce | |
| 137706034 | Booker T Washington | Did not desire to adress issues of social inequality and desired to push African-American youths to learn about the trades | |
| 137706035 | W.E.B. Dubois | Demanded complete equality for all and helped produce the NAACP | |
| 137706036 | Dawes Severalty Act | Native Americans had to either act as though they were civilized white men or else lose their land; this was basically a forced assimilation where the options for either side are bleak | |
| 137706037 | The Grange | An alliance of farmers dedicated initially to individual betterment but eventually became devoted to breaking free from the clutches of the Trust System | |
| 137706038 | Credit Mobilier Scandal | Members of a railroad company hired themselves at high prices to lay railroad lines and bribed key congressmen to keep quiet | |
| 137706039 | Plessy vs Ferguson | The idea of "Seperate but Equal" facilities became legalized and thus caused legal discrimination | |
| 137706040 | Gospel of Wealth | The rich are wealthy because God blessed them for their strenuous efforts and the poor are in poverty because they are lazy and not trying as hard as they could be; the rich feel as though it is their duty to help those who are unable to help themselves | |
| 137706041 | Populist Party | Farmers Alliance that desired to provide farmers with loaned crops in government warehouses where they will be safe during times of elevated prices; they also supported unlimited silver coinage |
