Reconstruction
these local laws restricted freedom of movement for African-Americans in the South to keep people working on plantations
What were black codes?
this species of animal was almost exterminated due to overhunting by the white population moving west
What were the bison/buffalo?
this man achieved his monopoly in the oil industry
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
these apartment style buildings in urban American cities in the late 1800s were poor ventilated, had little light, unhealthy, and disease-ridden.
What were tenements/tenement slums?
drought, debt, railroad monopolies, insects, banks, overproduction of farm goods, low prices
What were the problems of farmers?
This terrorist group threatened and killed Republicans and African-Americans in the South for trying to vote or get an education.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
This is the main reason why the United States government wanted to build the transcontinental railroad
What was a national or unified economy?
this man achieved his monopoly in the steel industry
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Immigrants would live together in large cities in these types of neighborhoods because they were safer and they shared similar cultural characteristics. Examples would be Chinatown or Little Italy.
What is an ethnic neighborhood/ethnic enclave?
This political party was formed to try to solve the problems of farmers in the late 1800s
What is the Populist/People's party?
This amendment abolished slavery forever (with the exception of imprisonment).
What is the 13th Amendment?
This mail-order catalog company was the first of its kind and used the railroad to ship its products
What was the Sears mail-order catalog company?
this method of monopoly is when a company purchases the majority of one aspect of the production process. They buy up their competitors in this area.
What is horizontal integration?
What is the camera/photograph?
This communist idea was one of the ways farmers in the Populist party believed they could regain some of the power and pay of their debts.
What was government controlled industry? (transportation, banks, etc)
This amendment granted universal male suffrage (voting rights) to all males, regardless of race, religion, etc
What is the 15th Amendment?
This immigrant group worked for the railroad and were considered the best workers. They faced discrimination from "native" born Americans because they were cheap labor.
Who were Chinese immigrants?
this method of monopoly is when a company buys ALL parts of the production process
What is vertical integration?
In the late 1800s, new immigrants came from which European regions in the late 1800s?
What was Southern and Eastern Europe?
This debate was over currency in the late 1900s.
What was the debate over silver and gold currency (free silver debate, gold standard debate), etc.
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection to all people born on American soil (to allow formerly enslaved people to become citizens)
What is the 14th Amendment?
these methods (name at least one) was how the government funded the transcontinental railroad
What were land grants and subsidies?
This is the term when corporations buy up other corporations. They were the most powerful business entity in the late 1800s
What is a trust?
religious intolerance of Catholic and Jewish believers, autocratic governments, and poverty were what type of factors for immigration in the late 1800s?
What are push factors?
Democrats stole Populist ideas, the Republicans won the 1896 election, the gold standard backed currency, etc.
What were the reasons for the failure of the Populists?