Reconstruction
What were examples of voting restrictions during the Reconstruction Era?
Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause and Literacy Tests
Why did industry grow during the late 1800s?
Industrial Revolution, new technologies, increased factory production and quality.
What is the growth of cities known as?
Urbanization
What were muckrakers?
Journalists who used photography, writing to expose poor conditions in America.
Examples: Tenements, factory conditions, child labor
Who did the United States purchase Alaska from?
What were the laws that legally separated Black and White people in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
When were roads primary used for transportation across the United States?
Industrial growth, job opportunities, land, bad conditions in home land.
Describe working conditions in factories during the Progressive Era.
1. Long working hrs- 12-14 hrs
2. Low Pay
3. Unsafe and very dangerous
What were the causes of the Spanish American War?
-Trade Rights in Cuba
-Protection of US citizens in Cuba
-Sinking of the USS Maine
-Cuban independence from Spain
What Supreme Court case determined, "separate but equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What is one advantage of the railroad?
What was the immigration process like at Ellis Island?
Explain the women's suffrage movement.
Granted the right to vote in 1920 with the 19th amendment.
What was the impact of yellow journalism on the Spanish American War?
Newspaper printed exaggerated stories about the sinking of the USS Maine which caused Spain to look guilty for it. This led to many Americans demanded that the US declare war on Spain.
What are examples of Segregation?
Schools, water fountains, bathrooms, parks
The development of child labor.
What is an example of a push factor and a pull factor
Push Factors: Disease, war, famine, lack of jobs or resources.
Pull Factors: Jobs, land, opportunities, food
Describe child labor working conditions.
1. Long working hours (12-14 hrs)
2. Lower pay than adults
3. Dangerous
4. No education
What were the results of the Spanish American War?
1. US becomes a world power.
2. US gains Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
Why were White Southern able to regain control of the Southern governments?
By passing restrictive voting laws which stopped or limited African American men from participating in government.
What type of transportation became the dominant choice in the United States after the 1860s?
The Railroad
What were the results of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
146 people were killed. New laws were created: fire and safety inspections.
Explain Theodore Roosevelt's role in trustbusting.
1. Wanted to control/limit good trusts.
2. Wanted to end bad trusts.
3. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Define the enduring issue conflict and provide an example we have learned about this year.
A disagreement between people, groups or countries.
Examples:
1. Spanish American War
2. The KKK
3. Workers and employers
4. Government vs. Big Business (Trust busting)