Railroads
This is the railroad company that started in the east and built west in 1862
Union Pacific Railroad
A plan devised by Lincoln sought to have 10% of Southern voters comply with the Union and Emancipation to be readmitted into the Union.
10% Reconstruction Plan
This group of racists needed the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871 to stamp them out.
KKK
A business practice that sells stock at an inflated evaluation compared to the actual company.
This holiday turned national officially in 1894.
Labor Day
This railroad company started in Sacremento and built to Ogden Utah.
Central Pacific Railroad
Laws created by the Southern states to ensure a stable and subservient labor force.
Black Codes
This steel making process increased production dramatically in 1850.
Bessemer Process
This "banker of bankers'" liked to place his own men on the board of directors of competing companies: a practice known as interlocking directorates.
J.P. Morgan
This Labor Union had 3/4 of a million members and tried to take on Jay Gould.
Knights of Labor
New York Central
This law gave freedmen citizenship and led directly to the 14th Amendment
Civil Rights Bill
This Secretary of State bought Alaska from Russia
William Seward
This old dude wrote "The Gospel of Wealth" saying that the rich had some responsibility with building up the general public.
Carnegie
This Act forced railroads to advertise their prices and charge more fair rates.
Interstate Commerce Act
Name three industries that were boosted by the railroads.
Mining
Forestry
Agriculture
City building
Trade
This Amendment gave black men the ability to vote.
15th Amendment
This group thought your station in life was dependent on your natural abilities.
Social Darwinists
Companies could combat Unions by this practice which locked the factory doors and basically starved the workers into submission.
Lockout
This act put an end to company teaming in the form of "trusts". Didn't work well until 1914.
Sherman Antitrust Act
On November 18, 1883, the major railroad companies separated the continental US into how many time zones
Four
This court ruling said the Colfax Massacre had nothing to do with the 14th Amendment.
United States vs. Cruikshank
This law said the President needed consent from the Senate to remove a cabinet member. Johnson violated it to get impeached
Tenure of Office Act
This industry in the South became one of its pillars of manufacturing.
Textile Industry
This federation supported better working conditions and wages for employees, and was a friend to Unions
American Federation of Labor