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Robert Smalls Enslaved African American who, during and after
the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea
captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and
their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by
commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the
CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to
freedom beyond the blockade
Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-
American soldiers into the Union Army
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Ten Percent Plan Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form
its own government after ten percent of its voters
swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
Meant to shorten the war
Hoped to weaken the southern cause by making it
easy for disillusioned or lukewarm confederates to
switch sides
Hoped to further his emancipation proclamation by
insisting that the new governments abolish slavery
Radical Republicans After the Civil War, a group that believed the South
should be harshly punished and thought that
Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards
the South
Favored protection for black rights (especially
black, male suffrage)
Wade-Davis Bill Legislation requiring 50% of the voters to take an
oath of future loyalty before the restoration
process could begin
Once they took the oath, those who could wear
they had never willingly supported the
confederacy could vote in an election for
delegates to a constitutional convention
Passed after congress refused to recognize
Lincoln's 10 percent governments
Railroads were the first Modern corporation
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Cornelius Vanderbilt A railroad owner who built a railway connecting
Chicago and New York
He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad,
which made railroads safer and more economical.
John D. Rockefeller Established the Standard Oil Company, the
greatest, wisest, and meanest monopoly known in
history
J.P. Morgan Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames
it to U.S. Steel
Was a philanthropist in a way; he gave all the
money needed for WWI and was payed back
Was one of the "Robber barons"
Haymarket Riot (1886) The riot took place in Chicago between rioters and
the police
It ended when someone threw a bomb that killed
dozens
The riot was suppressed, and in addition with the
damaged reputation of unions, it also killed the
Knights of Labor, who were seen as anarchists.
American Federation of Labor 1886; founded by Samuel Gompers; sought better
wages, hrs, working conditions; skilled laborers,
arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of
Labor, rejected socialist and communist ideas, non-
violent.
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Vertical Integration Practice where a single entity controls the entire
process of a product, from the raw materials to
distribution
Example: Phillip Armour's meat company
Horizontal Integration Absorption into a single firm of several firms
involved in the same level of production and
sharing resources at that level
Example: Rockefeller
Dawes Act of 1887 Tried to civilize Indians and make them more little
settlers by giving them land to farm, instead it
harmed their native culture
General Philip Sheridan ordered by Grant to wage total war in Shenandoah
Valley in Virginia.
He burned and destroyed all farmland, animals and
food
The Ghost Dance Movement The last effort of Native Americans to resist US
domination and drive whites from their ancestral
lands, came through as a religious movement.
Little Big Horn General Custer and his men were wiped out by a
coalition of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians led by
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Geronimo Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in
the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a
reservation (1829-1909)
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Terms in this set (223)
Robert Smalls Enslaved African American who, during and after
the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea
captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and
their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by
commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the
CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to
freedom beyond the blockade
Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-
American soldiers into the Union Army
https://quizlet.com/1179409802/uga-history-exemption-exam-post-1877-comprehensive-questions-and-verified-answers-questions-with-accurate-ans… 1/45
,5/12/26, 8:13 AM UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 , comprehensive questions and verified answers || QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANS…
Ten Percent Plan Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form
its own government after ten percent of its voters
swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
Meant to shorten the war
Hoped to weaken the southern cause by making it
easy for disillusioned or lukewarm confederates to
switch sides
Hoped to further his emancipation proclamation by
insisting that the new governments abolish slavery
Radical Republicans After the Civil War, a group that believed the South
should be harshly punished and thought that
Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards
the South
Favored protection for black rights (especially
black, male suffrage)
Wade-Davis Bill Legislation requiring 50% of the voters to take an
oath of future loyalty before the restoration
process could begin
Once they took the oath, those who could wear
they had never willingly supported the
confederacy could vote in an election for
delegates to a constitutional convention
Passed after congress refused to recognize
Lincoln's 10 percent governments
Railroads were the first Modern corporation
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Cornelius Vanderbilt A railroad owner who built a railway connecting
Chicago and New York
He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad,
which made railroads safer and more economical.
John D. Rockefeller Established the Standard Oil Company, the
greatest, wisest, and meanest monopoly known in
history
J.P. Morgan Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames
it to U.S. Steel
Was a philanthropist in a way; he gave all the
money needed for WWI and was payed back
Was one of the "Robber barons"
Haymarket Riot (1886) The riot took place in Chicago between rioters and
the police
It ended when someone threw a bomb that killed
dozens
The riot was suppressed, and in addition with the
damaged reputation of unions, it also killed the
Knights of Labor, who were seen as anarchists.
American Federation of Labor 1886; founded by Samuel Gompers; sought better
wages, hrs, working conditions; skilled laborers,
arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of
Labor, rejected socialist and communist ideas, non-
violent.
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Vertical Integration Practice where a single entity controls the entire
process of a product, from the raw materials to
distribution
Example: Phillip Armour's meat company
Horizontal Integration Absorption into a single firm of several firms
involved in the same level of production and
sharing resources at that level
Example: Rockefeller
Dawes Act of 1887 Tried to civilize Indians and make them more little
settlers by giving them land to farm, instead it
harmed their native culture
General Philip Sheridan ordered by Grant to wage total war in Shenandoah
Valley in Virginia.
He burned and destroyed all farmland, animals and
food
The Ghost Dance Movement The last effort of Native Americans to resist US
domination and drive whites from their ancestral
lands, came through as a religious movement.
Little Big Horn General Custer and his men were wiped out by a
coalition of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians led by
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Geronimo Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in
the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a
reservation (1829-1909)
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