Reconstruction
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This oil tycoon founded Standard Oil.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
The two main goals of the early labor movement.
What were the 8-hour workday and a living wage?
This 1862 law offered cheap land to settlers moving west.
What is the Homestead Act?
This act was designed to break up harmful monopolies and trusts.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
These Republicans wanted to punish Southern leaders and divide confiscated land among freed slaves.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
A group of competing companies controlled by a single board to eliminate competition.
What is a trust?
This labor union welcomed all workers, including the unskilled.
What was the Knights of Labor?
This 1890 massacre marked the end of armed Native American resistance.
What is Wounded Knee?
This reformer founded Hull House in Chicago.
Who was Jane Addams?
This 1867 act divided the South into five military districts.
What is the Military Reconstruction Act?
These six factors fueled massive industrial growth after the Civil War.
What are abundant raw materials, labor supply, technological innovation, entrepreneurs, federal assistance, and expanding markets?
Farmers supporting “Free Silver” belonged mainly to these groups.
Who were the Grangers and Populists?
Ranchers benefited from this grazing system in the West.
What is the open range?
These four amendments established income tax, direct election of senators, prohibition, and women’s suffrage.
What are the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments?
This Supreme Court case established the “separate but equal” doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This financier created U.S. Steel.
Who was J.P. Morgan?
Republicans supported this type of tariff during the Gilded Age.
What is a high protective tariff?
Sensationalized news reporting that pushed America toward war with Spain.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This 1911 tragedy led to workplace safety reforms after 146 workers died.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
Southern states used these three methods to bypass the 15th Amendment.
What are poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause?
This term describes businessmen who built empires through ruthless tactics.
What is a robber baron?
The major issue in the Election of 1896.
What was the Gold vs. Silver currency debate?
This naval strategist argued sea power was key to world dominance.
Who was Alfred T. Mahan?
Roosevelt’s third-party campaign in 1912 was known by this nickname.
What was the Bull Moose Party?