US History Louisiana EOC Review
Terms 2025 Questions and Answers
ku klux klan - ANSWER✔✔-a secret society of white Southerners in the United States, later grew
in the Northeast and Midwest opposing immigrants, Jews and Catholics
exodusters - ANSWER✔✔-African Americans who moved from post reconstruction South to
Kansas.
fourteenth amendment - ANSWER✔✔-made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States"
citizens of the country
fifteenth amendment - ANSWER✔✔-The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
sharecropping - ANSWER✔✔-System in which landowners leased a few acres of land to
farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops
sharecroppers - ANSWER✔✔-people who rent a plot of land from another person, and farm it in
exchange for a share of the crop
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,George Custer - ANSWER✔✔-United States general who was killed along with all his command by
the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
49ers - ANSWER✔✔-People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.
national Grange of Patrons of Husbandry - ANSWER✔✔-This organization better known as the
Grange, was organized in 1867 by Oliver H. Kelley; its objective was to enhance the lives of isolated
farmers through social, educational, and fraternal activities; the Grangers gradually raised their goals
from individual self-improvement of the farmer' collective plight
Interstate Commerce Commission - ANSWER✔✔-a former independent federal agency that
supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states
Homestead Act of 1862 - ANSWER✔✔-this allowed a settler to acquire 160 acres by living on it for
five years, improving it and paying about $30
Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 - ANSWER✔✔-dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal
ownership of land, and set up individual Indian family heads with 160 free acres. If the Indians
behaved like "good white settlers" then they would get full title to their holdings as well as
citizenship. The Dawes Act attempted to assimilate the Indians with the white men. The Dawes Act
remained the basis of the government's official Indian policy until the Indian Reorganization Act of
1934.
Plessy v. Ferguson - ANSWER✔✔-A 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered
segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
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,Jim Crow laws - ANSWER✔✔-Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll
taxes limited black voting rights
Interstate Commerce Act - ANSWER✔✔-Established the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission)
- monitors the business operation of carriers transporting goods and people between states - created
to regulate railroad prices
long drives - ANSWER✔✔-A cattle drive in which Texas ranchers drove herds of cattle north to be
sold in northern markets
Ghost Dance - ANSWER✔✔-a religious dance of native Americans looking for communication
with the dead
grandfather clauses - ANSWER✔✔-law that excused a voter from literacy test if his grandfather had
been eligible to vote on Jan. 1 1867
agribusiness - ANSWER✔✔-..., a large-scale farming enterprise
Cornelius Vanderbilt - ANSWER✔✔-United States financier who accumulated great wealth from
railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
Andrew Carnegie - ANSWER✔✔-United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed
education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)
John D. Rockefeller - ANSWER✔✔-Was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
Revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.
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, robber barons - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge
profits by paying their employees extremely low wages. They also drove their competitors out of
business by selling their products cheaper than it cost to produce it. Then when they controlled the
market, they hiked prices high above original price.
U.S. Steel - ANSWER✔✔-powerful and wealthy 19th century steel corporation founded by Andrew
Carnagie and JP Morgan
Standard Oil Company - ANSWER✔✔-Founded by John D. Rockefeller. Largest unit in the
American oil industry in 1881. Known as A.D. Trust, it was outlawed by the Supreme Court of
Ohio in 1899. Replaced by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Knights of Labor - ANSWER✔✔-1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers
and bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization. Failed
American Federation of Labor - ANSWER✔✔-a federation of North American labor unions that
merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
Pullman Palace Car Company - ANSWER✔✔-manufactured railroad cars; nationwide conflict
between labor unions and railraods; 3000 employees began a wilde cat strike in response to recent
reductions in wages, stopping traffic in chicago
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 - ANSWER✔✔-Railroad strike that crippled the US first
nationwide strike, 10 governors used their militias to break
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Terms 2025 Questions and Answers
ku klux klan - ANSWER✔✔-a secret society of white Southerners in the United States, later grew
in the Northeast and Midwest opposing immigrants, Jews and Catholics
exodusters - ANSWER✔✔-African Americans who moved from post reconstruction South to
Kansas.
fourteenth amendment - ANSWER✔✔-made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States"
citizens of the country
fifteenth amendment - ANSWER✔✔-The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
sharecropping - ANSWER✔✔-System in which landowners leased a few acres of land to
farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops
sharecroppers - ANSWER✔✔-people who rent a plot of land from another person, and farm it in
exchange for a share of the crop
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,George Custer - ANSWER✔✔-United States general who was killed along with all his command by
the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
49ers - ANSWER✔✔-People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.
national Grange of Patrons of Husbandry - ANSWER✔✔-This organization better known as the
Grange, was organized in 1867 by Oliver H. Kelley; its objective was to enhance the lives of isolated
farmers through social, educational, and fraternal activities; the Grangers gradually raised their goals
from individual self-improvement of the farmer' collective plight
Interstate Commerce Commission - ANSWER✔✔-a former independent federal agency that
supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states
Homestead Act of 1862 - ANSWER✔✔-this allowed a settler to acquire 160 acres by living on it for
five years, improving it and paying about $30
Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 - ANSWER✔✔-dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal
ownership of land, and set up individual Indian family heads with 160 free acres. If the Indians
behaved like "good white settlers" then they would get full title to their holdings as well as
citizenship. The Dawes Act attempted to assimilate the Indians with the white men. The Dawes Act
remained the basis of the government's official Indian policy until the Indian Reorganization Act of
1934.
Plessy v. Ferguson - ANSWER✔✔-A 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered
segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
,Jim Crow laws - ANSWER✔✔-Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll
taxes limited black voting rights
Interstate Commerce Act - ANSWER✔✔-Established the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission)
- monitors the business operation of carriers transporting goods and people between states - created
to regulate railroad prices
long drives - ANSWER✔✔-A cattle drive in which Texas ranchers drove herds of cattle north to be
sold in northern markets
Ghost Dance - ANSWER✔✔-a religious dance of native Americans looking for communication
with the dead
grandfather clauses - ANSWER✔✔-law that excused a voter from literacy test if his grandfather had
been eligible to vote on Jan. 1 1867
agribusiness - ANSWER✔✔-..., a large-scale farming enterprise
Cornelius Vanderbilt - ANSWER✔✔-United States financier who accumulated great wealth from
railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
Andrew Carnegie - ANSWER✔✔-United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed
education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)
John D. Rockefeller - ANSWER✔✔-Was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
Revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.
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, robber barons - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge
profits by paying their employees extremely low wages. They also drove their competitors out of
business by selling their products cheaper than it cost to produce it. Then when they controlled the
market, they hiked prices high above original price.
U.S. Steel - ANSWER✔✔-powerful and wealthy 19th century steel corporation founded by Andrew
Carnagie and JP Morgan
Standard Oil Company - ANSWER✔✔-Founded by John D. Rockefeller. Largest unit in the
American oil industry in 1881. Known as A.D. Trust, it was outlawed by the Supreme Court of
Ohio in 1899. Replaced by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Knights of Labor - ANSWER✔✔-1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers
and bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization. Failed
American Federation of Labor - ANSWER✔✔-a federation of North American labor unions that
merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
Pullman Palace Car Company - ANSWER✔✔-manufactured railroad cars; nationwide conflict
between labor unions and railraods; 3000 employees began a wilde cat strike in response to recent
reductions in wages, stopping traffic in chicago
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 - ANSWER✔✔-Railroad strike that crippled the US first
nationwide strike, 10 governors used their militias to break
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