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Black Codes - ANSWER Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
Radical Reconstruction - ANSWER Reconstruction strategy that was based on severely punishing South
for causing war
13th Amendment (1865) - ANSWER Abolishes and prohibits slavery
14th Amendment - ANSWER Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed
equal protection of the laws
15th Amendment (1870) - ANSWER U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or
creed
Ku Klux Klan - ANSWER A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and
violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
Thaddeus Stevens - ANSWER A Radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South.
Leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress.
10% Plan of Reconstruction - ANSWER A plan enacted by President Abraham Lincoln in Union-controlled
Louisiana in 1863 that offered an amnesty and full restoration of rights, including property except for
slaves, to nearly all white southerners who took an oath affirming loyalty to the Union and support for
emancipation; when 10 percent of the voters of 1860 had taken the oath, they could elect a new state
government, which would be required to abolish slavery.
Cross of Gold Speech - ANSWER An impassioned address by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896
Democratic Convention, in which he attacked the "gold bugs" who insisted that U.S. currency be backed
only with gold.
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Frederick Jackson Turner - ANSWER American historian in the early 20th century best known for his
essay *"The Significance of the Frontier in American History"* in which he argued that the spirit and
success of the United States was directly tied to the country's westward expansion.
Willliam Jennings Bryan - ANSWER Democratic candidate for President in 1892. Democrats had adopted
the populist demand for inflation through free silver. Gave the Cross of Gold speech
Dawes Act - ANSWER 1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners
Homestead Act - ANSWER 1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and
develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
Omaha Platform - ANSWER Political agenda adopted by the populist party in 1892 at their Omaha,
Nebraska convention. Called for unlimited coinage of silver (bimetallism), government regulation of
railroads and industry, graduated income tax, and a number of election reforms.
Ocala Demands - ANSWER 1890 - The leaders of what would later become the Populist Party held a
national convention in Ocala, Florida and adopted a platform advocating reforms to help farmers.
Populist Party - ANSWER U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free
coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other monopolies
Andrew Carnegie - ANSWER A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the
Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.
Henry Frick - ANSWER Chairman of Carnegie Steel (1889) during the Homestead Strike, wanted to
introduce new machinery to steel plant. New machines would decrease number of workers. Couldn't
agree with unions and set out to break unions and cut costs
Jay Gould - ANSWER United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a
financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
complete solutions.
OnRamps Midterm Review Spring 108
complete solutions.
Black Codes - ANSWER Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
Radical Reconstruction - ANSWER Reconstruction strategy that was based on severely punishing South
for causing war
13th Amendment (1865) - ANSWER Abolishes and prohibits slavery
14th Amendment - ANSWER Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed
equal protection of the laws
15th Amendment (1870) - ANSWER U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or
creed
Ku Klux Klan - ANSWER A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and
violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
Thaddeus Stevens - ANSWER A Radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South.
Leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress.
10% Plan of Reconstruction - ANSWER A plan enacted by President Abraham Lincoln in Union-controlled
Louisiana in 1863 that offered an amnesty and full restoration of rights, including property except for
slaves, to nearly all white southerners who took an oath affirming loyalty to the Union and support for
emancipation; when 10 percent of the voters of 1860 had taken the oath, they could elect a new state
government, which would be required to abolish slavery.
Cross of Gold Speech - ANSWER An impassioned address by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896
Democratic Convention, in which he attacked the "gold bugs" who insisted that U.S. currency be backed
only with gold.
, OnRamps Midterm Review Spring 108
complete solutions.
Frederick Jackson Turner - ANSWER American historian in the early 20th century best known for his
essay *"The Significance of the Frontier in American History"* in which he argued that the spirit and
success of the United States was directly tied to the country's westward expansion.
Willliam Jennings Bryan - ANSWER Democratic candidate for President in 1892. Democrats had adopted
the populist demand for inflation through free silver. Gave the Cross of Gold speech
Dawes Act - ANSWER 1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners
Homestead Act - ANSWER 1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and
develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
Omaha Platform - ANSWER Political agenda adopted by the populist party in 1892 at their Omaha,
Nebraska convention. Called for unlimited coinage of silver (bimetallism), government regulation of
railroads and industry, graduated income tax, and a number of election reforms.
Ocala Demands - ANSWER 1890 - The leaders of what would later become the Populist Party held a
national convention in Ocala, Florida and adopted a platform advocating reforms to help farmers.
Populist Party - ANSWER U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free
coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other monopolies
Andrew Carnegie - ANSWER A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the
Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.
Henry Frick - ANSWER Chairman of Carnegie Steel (1889) during the Homestead Strike, wanted to
introduce new machinery to steel plant. New machines would decrease number of workers. Couldn't
agree with unions and set out to break unions and cut costs
Jay Gould - ANSWER United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a
financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
