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100
This man helped bring about great change giving cameras the ability to take pictures in the dark allowing him to photograph the living conditions of people in New York city
Who is Jacob Riis?
100
The economic system where business owners(not the government) make the decisions about what to sell and how much to charge is called__.
What is Capitalism?
100
In the economic system of capitalism, this problem creates a hierarchy among citizens limiting the freedom of citizens and elevating those with power
what is wealth inequality?
100
To solve problems such as working conditions and long hours, these groups were created.
What are labor unions?
100
a big business owned by many investors
what is a corporation?
200
This man created a book exposing problems in the meatpacking industry. He famously said, "I aimed for the public's heart, but I hit them in the stomach."
Who is Upton Sinclair?
200
This law includes the equal protection clause.
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
A person who is prejudiced towards immigrants
What is a nativist?
200
A common technique used by labor unions, where groups of employees refuse to work until their demands are met, is called ___________.
What is a strike?
200
economic state where competition decreases but prices increase
What is a monopoly?
300
Arguing that he was only 1/8th black and should be able to ride in the whites only car on train, This man would be arrested in a landmark case legitimizing segregation.
Who is Homer Plessy?
300
The Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson legalized discrimination stating that segregation didn't break the law as long as facilities were this...
What is "separate but equal?"
300
Named after a minstrel show character, these laws would segregate African Americans in public facilities for over 50 years.
What are Jim Crow laws?
300
This law divided the south into 5 districts and each state added the 14th and 15th Amendment to their state constitution
What is the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?
300
This was the name of a derogatory term applied to wealthy industrialists and captains of industry. They were often seen as ruthless businessmen
What is a robber baron?
400
This reformer sought to help immigrants adjust to their new life in America. She is also a distant relative of the cartoonist/creator of the characters from the Netflix show Wednesday.
Who is Jane Addams?
400
Even though voting was a right guaranteed by the 15th amendment, southern states engaged in literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses. These practices can also be called this...
What is disenfranchisement?
400
Many Immigrants who came during the gilded age lived in this type of building.
What is a Tenement?
400
the negotiation of pay and working conditions between bosses and employees
What is collective bargaining?
400
This innovation in factories created a more efficient production of goods, making goods cheaper and more widely available to Americans
What is the assembly line?
500
During Reconstruction, this organization was established to aid former enslaved African Americans
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
500
These 3 Amendments during Reconstruction helped facilitate freedom for newly freed slaves.
What is the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
500
Famine, war, political and religious persecution are examples of this type of issue forcing someone to move from their country of Origin
What is a push factor?
500
Even though it seemed like an opportunity for newly freed slaves, this system kept freedmen economically dependent on white landowners after slavery.
What is Sharecropping?
500
the growth of businesses that manufacture products through the use of machinery
what is industrialization?