Reconstruction Era
The election where Ulysses S. Grant became president.
What is the election of 1868
The two innovations that made mass production possible
What is assembly lines and new technologies
The most prominent labor union in the 19th century
What is the knights of labor
This particular piece of railroad infrastructure was custom-built to celebrate the completion of the United States' first railroad transcon
The Golden Spike
Ratified in 1870, prevents the denial of a citizen's vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment
A company that has complete ownership or control A company that has complete ownership or control over something
What is a monopoly
Movement fighting for social reform through religious means
What is social gospel
This very famous metro system was approved in 1894, and construction began in 1900 for a 1904 opening date.
The New York City Subway
Adopted in 1868, defines all people born in the United States as citizens, requires due process of law, and requires equal protection to all people.
what is the 14th amendment
The invention that increased transport and production.
What is the Steam Engine
A social movement that sought to eliminate drunkenness.
What is temperance
This Railroad, with the reporting mark CBQ, was one of the largest rail companies in the United States in the late 1800s, and is now part of what is today the BNSF Railway
The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
Lincoln proposed a moderate plan for the Reconstruction of the Confederate state of Louisiana. The plan granted amnesty to rebels who took an oath of loyalty to the Union.
what is the 10% plan
The first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts.
What is the Sherman anti-trust act
The reformer who started the hull house
Who is Jane Addams
The number of steamboats that were lost to a fire or an explosion between 1811 and 1899
411
Established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1865. Was responsible for the supervision and management of all matters relating to the refugees and freedmen.
what is Freedmen's Bureau
The industrial revolution gave way to a new economic system in the US, these are the five main traits of capitalism
What is profit motive, free enterprise, property ownership, technological advancement, government involvement is kept to a minimum.
The strike against the Carnegie Steel Company, which ended in blood shed and violence, enforced the importance of unions when they had large numbers working together.
What is the Homestead strike of 1892
Built by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in 1908, this rail line comprised of 11 subdivisions sees the highest levels of train traffic in the United States today.
The Southern Transcon