Key Figures
One of the best-known inventors in American history.
Thomas Edison
A promising president who was assassinated after only a few months.
James A Garfield
A system where wealthy landowners permit farmers to use their land in exchange for a significant portion of their profits.
Sharecropping
A term used to describe laws which deliberately established double standards for African-Americans.
Black Codes
The location where Andrew Johnson engaged in shouting with hecklers while on his "Swing Around the Circle."
Cleveland, OH
A wealthy American who made his money through the steel industry and wrote "The Gospel of Wealth."
Andrew Carnegie
The first US President to be impeached by Congress.
Andrew Johnson
This important construction linked the East and West coasts.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This Constitutional Amendment defines a citizen and grants equal protection of the laws.
The 14th
The state where the Red Shirts prevented African-Americans from voting.
Mississippi
A notable wealthy banker and financier of American history.
J.P. Morgan
The first Democrat to be elected since 1857.
Grover Cleveland
A term used to describe the mass influx of people moving into the cities.
Urbanization
The Compromise of 1877 was also known as this.
The Corrupt Bargain
The home of the first skyscraper in the USA.
Chicago, IL
A wealthy American who made his money in the oil (petroleum) industry.
John D. Rockefeller
The president who added more states to the union than any other.
Benjamin Harrison
Robber Barons
This law permits the federal government to break up monopolies and penalize corporations that engage in seedy business dealings.
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The site of Andrew Carnegie's first public library
A railroad tycoon who was one of the first wealthiest Americans.
The president who passed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Chester A Arthur
A term used to describe the race that the Ku Klux Klan believed to be superior to all others.
WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants)
Disenfranchisement
The home of the first water treatment plant in the USA.
Worcester, MA