AP US History Period 6, 1865-1898 Flashcards

5811939234	People's (Populist) Party	an agrarian-populist political party in the United States. For a few years, 1892-96, it played a major role as a left-wing force in American politics. Drew support from angry farmers in the West and South and operated on the left-wing of American politics. Highly critical of capitalism, especially banks and railroads. Allied itself with the labor movement	0
5811939235	Assimilation	the process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group.	1
5811939237	Consumer Culture	consumption choices and behaviours made from a social and cultural point of view, as opposed to an economic or psychological one.	2
5811939238	The Gilded Age	The late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. Term derived from writer Mark Twain's 1873 The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, which satirized an era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding.	3
5811939239	Social Darwinism	term coined in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in "survival of the fittest."	4
5811939240	Gospel of Wealth	an article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.	5
5811939241	Jane Addams	a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She created the first Hull House. Co-winner of 1931 Nobel Peace Prize	6
5811939242	Plessy v. Ferguson	1896 - Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."	7
5811939248	trust	A combination of corporations, usually in the same industry, in which stockholders trade their stock to a central board in exchange for trust certificates.	8
5811939276	reservation	Public land designated for use by native Americans.	9
5812023461	financial panic	caused by too many railroads and factories being formed than existing markets could bear and the over-loaning by banks to those projects; main causes, over-speculation and too much credit	10
5812023462	laissez-faire	hands off by the government, good for big business, Adam Smith Wealth of Nations	11
5812023463	organized labor	unions, KoL and AFL, fought for 8 hour work day, bargaining, representation, etc... Samuel Gompers, Terence V. Powderly	12
5812024947	management	middlemen between owners and labor: Example: Frick	13
5812024948	New South	efforts by industrialists to modernize the south through factories, railroads, crop diversification, etc...	14
5812026173	New immigrants	from southern and eastern Europe, catholic	15
5812026174	political machines	political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.	16
5812027964	transcontinental railroad	connected at Promitory Point, Utah; revolutionized travel and economic trade in the US	17
5812029732	boomtowns	a town that virtually appears and grows overnight; evidence of mining and economics in the west	18
5812029733	American bison	extinction of the Bison shows the settlement and takeover of the West and the deterioration of the Native American	19
5812032152	Cross of Gold Speech	William Jennings Bryan; populist/democratic candidate for 1896 election; promotes government monetization of silver	20
5812032285	Settlement houses	Jane Adams, Hull House, middle class women's efforts to assist urban immigrants	21