FL US History EOC Review I

States that no one can be denied suffrage (right to vote) based on race or color.

First African American in Congress. Appointed by the Mississippi state legislature Senate seat.

Outlaws slavery in all states and all lands governed by the United States.

Laws created to get around the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th amendments. required racial segregation.

Law making it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states

Encouraged western migration by promising settlers 160 acres of land for $1.25 an acre

Cheap and efficient way to produce steel

Business strategy where companies producing similar products merge.

Writers or reporters who exposed the abuses and corruption of society are called____

When a company has total control over an industry.

Passed by Congress to “Americanize” or assimilate Native Americans into American culture.

Admitted California as a free state & Missouri as a slave state.

Ex-slaves gave up a portion of their crops to the landowner in exchange for use of the land

After Muckraker Upton Sinclair’s wrote "The Jungle," the public demanded action. What happened?

Prevented freedmen from voting, holding office, Helped spur the creation of the 14^th Amendment

Farmers who fought the railroads for price fixing, charging different customers different rates

Strike by steelworkers after the company's president announced plans to cut wages

Impassioned speech given by William Jennings Bryan. Said that farmers were being crucified on _

Workers are often unable to re-pay debt & find themselves in a continuous work w/o pay cycle

Where a company controls the raw materials, manufacturing & distribution of a finished product.

In business, this term means survival of the fittest

They pushed for voting rights (suffrage) for women

Granted full citizenship to African Americans. Guarantees equal protection under the law

Supreme Court decision that stated that a slave wasn't a citizen but property of another person

Did not free slaves in border states that were loyal to the Union.

Monopolies were formed in the late 1800s because of the govt’s _____ (hands-off) attitude.

Created over public pressure - railroads were abusing their power because of little competition

Short speech given by Lincoln to honor Union losses at this battle

Divisive act which repealed the Missouri Compromise applying popular sovereignty to territories