Reconstruction Era
Opening the West/ Western Expansion
The Industrial Age
Urban Society
RANDOM VOCABULARY
100
Which was a reason that Northern leaders disagreed over the South rejoining the Union?
Some leaders wanted harsher treatment of the South for leaving the Union.
100
Discovered in 1859, Nevada's Comstock Lode contained
a rich lode of silver bearing ore
100
Which industry probably benefited least from the expansion of the railroad system in the late 1800s?
automobile
100
Most of the immigrants in the late 1800 came to the United sates form what parts of the world?
southern and eastern Europe
100
Define yellow journalism and muckraking.
entertain-journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. inform- to search for and expose the truth behind corruption in order to seek injustice
200
What act protected the right of African American in the South?
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
200
What act was created to break up the reservations and encourage Native Americans to become farmers?
Dawes Act
200
The first major improvement of communication was introduced by
Samuel Morse-Morse Code
200
By the 1900s, where were middle-class Americans most likely to live?
tenements
200
Define assembly line.
factory method in which work movies past stationary workers who perform a single task
300
List three methods the Southern State government used to prevent African Americans from voting.
literacy test, grandfather clause, poll tax
300
The network of farmers self-help organizations eventually came to be called the
National Grange
300
The iron ore that Andrew Carnegie used to manufacture steel is an example of what factor of production?
land
300
Why were skyscrapers built?
they allowed the city to grow, but upward
300
Define rebate
a discount or return of part of a payment
400
What was the Freedman's Bureau main purpose?
to help African American adjust to life after slavery
400
Cattle became big business in the West because of the spread of
railroads
400
The trust that John D. Rockefeller formed to gain control of the oil industry is an example of what method of business?
horizontal integration
400
In the best way describe "progressive education"?
teachers sought to encourage learning by doing
400
Define long drive
a trip of several hundred miles on which ranchers led their cattle to railroads and distant markets
500
List one difference between Lincoln 10 percent plan, Radical Republican plan, and Johnson's plan.
The 10 percent plan: when 10 percent of the voters in the state takes an oath of loyalty, the state can form a new state government, adopt a constitution that bans slavery, and sends representatives to Congress. Radical Republican: The Wade-Davis Bill: a majority of the states white make adults had to pledge loyalty, only white makes who had not fought against the Union could vote for representatives, all new state constitutions had to ban slavery Johnson's Plan: amnesty for most Southerners who swore loyalty, pardons by appeal for leaders outlaw slavery, ratify Thirteen Amendent
500
List similarities and differences between nomadic life and reservation life.
Nomadic life: moved with food source, relied on buffalo for food and supplies Reservation life: stayed in one place, farmed; relied on government for food and supplies.
500
Use the terms below in a sentence that illustrates how the terms are connected labor union, collective bargaining
Labor unions helped workers in specific trades engage in collective bargaining with their employers over wages and working conditions.
500
What is meant by the term "push" factor and "pull" factor with regard to immigration?
Push factor are the motivations emigrants feel to leave their home countries; these might include poverty or an oppressive regime. pull factors are the attractions of the country immigrant move to; these can be employment opportunities, civil liberties, and so forth.
500
Define impeach
to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
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