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61. “Free Soil” Movement. The position of Lincoln and the Republican Party that only new territories would be free states, not the ones who already had.

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1 61. “Free Soil” Movement

2 The position of Lincoln and the Republican Party that only new territories would be free states, not the ones who already had it.

3 62. Seneca Falls Convention

4 Organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton after they were denied the right to participate at an abolitionist convention.

5 62. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

6 Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe which convinced many northerners and British people to oppose slavery.

7 63. John Brown

8 Tried to lead a slave revolt at Harper’s Ferry, but failed. His actions scared slave owners.

9 64. Dred Scott Decision

10 Ruled the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional b.c. slaves were property and could be taken anywhere in U.S.

11 65. Emancipation Proclamation

12 Freed slaves only in the rebel states and made the Civil War a fight over slavery.

13 66. Jim Crow Laws

14 Separated blacks and whites into different publics facilities in the South.

15 67. Accommodation

16 When blacks accepted a second class status (Jim Crow) in exchange for being hired by whites.

17 68. Radical Republicans

18 Supported keeping the military in the South after the Civil War in order to protect freedmen.

19 69. 13 th Amendment

20 Freed the slaves in the United States

21 70. 14 th Amendment

22 Overturned the Dred Scott decision and made blacks citizens

23 71. 15 th Amendment

24 All male citizens could vote regardless of race.

25 72. Booker T. Washington

26 Supported accommodation and wanted freedmen to be hired in factories to help solve the problem of poverty.

27 73. Transcontinental Railroad

28 Resulted in buffalo being killed and Indians in the west being moved to reservations.

29 74. W.E.B. DuBois

30 Supported high education for blacks and opposed vocational education.

31 75. Ida Wells-Barnett

32 Supported a campaign of anti-lynching and opposed “accommodation.”

33 76. De Facto Segregation

34 Separation of blacks and whites that evolves over time, but not required by law.

35 77. De Jure Segregation

36 Separation of blacks and whites which is required by law.

37 78. Grandfather Clause

38 Made sure poor whites could vote and were not affected by poll taxes or literacy tests.

39 79. Sherman Anti-Trust Act

40 Was supposed to limit the power of monopolies, but was not effective until the 1900s.

41 80. Populist Party

42 Formed in 1890s and supported free coinage of silver and regulating the railroad companies.

43 81. Bimetallism

44 Using silver and gold, not just gold, and was the main issue in the issue of 1896.

45 82. Political Machines

46 Were corrupt, but helped immigrants with jobs and support in exchange for votes.

47 83. Granger Laws

48 States took action to limit the amount that railroads could charge farmers to move their crops.

49 84. Social Darwinism

50 Was used to justify the cut-throat practices of business leaders.

51 85. “Robber Barons”

52 Nickname given to business leaders because many felt they were corrupt and controlled the government.

53 86.Capitalism

54 Economic system in which individuals and corporations use their property to make more profits.

55 87. “Solid South”

56 When governments were controlled by white Democrats until the 1960s.

57 88. Tenant Farmers

58 After the Civil War, blacks worked on a white man’s land and paid rent for it.

59 89. Plessy v. Ferguson

60 Upheld Jim Crow laws and said “separate but equal” facilities were OK.

61 90. Compromise of 1877

62 Democrats agreed to let the Republicans win President in exchange for the military leaving the South.


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