Civil War
The main differences between the North and the South before the Civil War
Economy
Social
Factories
Agriculture
There were this many plans for Reconstruction
3
The switch in the way things were produced during this time
A company that owns all parts of an industry
Monopoly
The Progressive Era was a response to this period
The Gilded Age
This event directly triggered the start of the Civil War in 1861
The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina
The 13th Amendment
Abolished slavery
A new method of efficiently producing products by having a line of workers
Assembly line
Method used by robber barons to get around government regulations set on big corporations
Trusts
Muckrakers main goal
To expose the corruption/muck of society
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered a turning point in the Civil War because of this reason
Made the South retreat and fight every battle on the defensive until the end. Also the bloodiest battle of the war.
These laws forced African Americans to follow racist rules in Southern states immediately after the Civil War
Block Codes
Creator of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
The AFL and The Knights of Labor are examples of this group
Labor unions
The 3 Presidents of the Progressive Era
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
One advantage the South had during the war
Better generals
Home field advantage
An association that helped African Americans transition from enslaved life to a free life
Freedmen Bureau
A negative effect of the Industrial Revolution
The population explosion led to dirty, cramped living conditions in cities
Dangerous working conditions
This major event in Pittsburgh was a result of steelworkers not being able to reach an agreement with their boss
The Homestead Strike
The 3 Constitutional Amendments of the Progressive Era and what they did
16th - Federal Income Tax
17th - Direct election of US Senators by citizens
18th - Gave women the right to vote
The President of the Confederate States of America and the General of the Confederate Army
Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee
This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote
15th Amendment
This social class was created as a result of the Industrial Revolution
The middle class
Rockefeller's industry & company
Oil - Standard Oil
The name of Upton Sinclair's book and what/where it was exposing
The Jungle exposed the Chicago meat packing industry