Failure of Reconstruction era 4x

Jim Crow laws - segragation Plessy vs Ferguson - enforced segregatipn on the railroad Emergence of the KKK Northern migration of African Americans

Characterised by industrialised economy after civil war Great affluence but great inequality/corruption Coined by Mark Twain More immigrants from all over the world Large monopolies formed (Robber Barons) Social darwinism - poor people are naturally inferior

Widespread social activism and social reform Addresses problems caused by urbanisation, industrialisation, immigration and political corruption Regulation of monopolies - trust busting Women's suffrage was promoted to bring a purer female vote Campaigned for prohibition of Alcohol

Reconstruction - progressive Flashcards by rihanna ..

Failure of Reconstruction era

Jim Crow laws - segragation
Plessy vs Ferguson - enforced segregatipn on the railroad
Emergence of the KKK
Northern migration of African Americans

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Gilded age

Characterised by industrialised economy after civil war
Great affluence but great inequality/corruption
Coined by Mark Twain
More immigrants from all over the world
Large monopolies formed (Robber Barons)
Social darwinism - poor people are naturally inferior

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Progressive era

Widespread social activism and social reform
Addresses problems caused by urbanisation, industrialisation, immigration and political corruption
Regulation of monopolies - trust busting
Women’s suffrage was promoted to bring a “purer” female vote
Campaigned for prohibition of Alcohol

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Reconstruction - progressive Flashcards

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