For each term or idea – it is good to assess the definition, as well as the following: who, what, where, when, why, and how. The WHY is very important. Not all terms have all of the Ws, so if you can’t fine one on a topic, don’t worry. For people, why do we need to know about them/why were they so influential? Don’t just define them, but put the term in the larger historical context.
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1896 election
American Federation of Labor
Angel Island
Assassination of President Garfield
Battle of Wounded Knee - effects
Bessemer process
Booker T. Washington
Business regulations in the late 1800s/early 1900s
Cartel
City life
Collective bargaining
Consumption
Ellis Island
Entertainment in the early 20th century/free time activities
Exodusters
Farmers’ Alliance
Gilded Age
Grover Cleveland
Haymarket Square
ICC
Immigration and reasons for immigration
Jacob Riis
Jim Crow Laws/restrictions of rights for minorities
Laissez-faire
Life for new immigrants
Major Labor Organizations
Middle class
Monopoly
National Grange
Native Americans – life, changes, major events
Open-range system
Opportunities for women
Plessy v. Ferguson
Populism/Populist Party – goals, effects, achievements
Post-Civil War United States – esp. ways of life and the economy
Protective Tariffs
Railroads and effects on ways of life – esp. for ranchers and farmers
Schooling during this era
Sherman Antitrust Act
Suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony
Spanish influence on southwest spoils system
Technology and effects on life
Thomas Nast
W.E.B. DuBois