Reconstruction
Who won the Civil War?
North / Union Army
What was the common belief called where people thought the trip to the West was America's destiny and it was justified by God?
Manifest Destiny
Who was the person who made his fortunes through the railroads?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
How would families save on costs in tenements?
Make cheap and filling foods
What is Imperialism
One nation takes over another to exploit them
What president was assassinated who was considered the best possible politician to lead us through reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
Trains were: ______, ______, ________
Cheaper Faster Safer
Who was the person who made his fortunes through Oil?
John D Rockefeller
What did Jacob Riis take photos of?
Bad living conditions in tenements
What was Spain blamed with doing in the newspapers before the Spanish American War?
Blowing up the USS Maine
What was the type of farming called where newly freed slaves would farm on plots of land and pay the owner in crops instead of money.
Sharecropping
What was the Act that allowed Citizens to have land in the West if they farmed on it for 5 years?
Homestead Act of 1862
Who was Andrew Carnegies Right Hand man? The one who wouldn't fix the dam and indirectly caused the Johnstown flood.
Henry Clay Frick
What was the book called that Upton Sinclair Wrote that exposed the gross conditions and food regulations
The Jungle
What ship was blown up that upset America and is ONE of the reasons why the US joined The Great War
Lusitania
What was the 15th Amendment?
All citizens have the right to vote
What does assimilation mean?
To let go of ones culture to adopt a new one
What is a duopoly?
Two companies who have total control of a market
What did Lewis Hines take photos of?
Child Labor
What message was intercepted by Great Britain from Germany to Mexico?
Zimmerman's Telegram
How would Andrew Johnson delay the progress of African Americans in the U.S. in Congress?
He would veto any bill that Republicans tried to pass
We talked about a nearby Native American School that would assimilate Native Children. Do you remember what town we talked about that had a school like this?
Carlisle
What is vertical integration for a monopoly?
A company who controls the start to finish of a product. Example sheetz if they were to drill their own oil, produce it, ship it, and then sell it.
What was the name of the woman who exposed larger companies like Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell
What large nation collapsed due to the result of WW1?
Ottoman Empire