Geography
What contientent do we live on?
What is North America
The Reconstruction Era is the time period that followed the __________ _________.
The Civil War
Define the term Immigrant/Emmigrant
A person who is moving from one country to another to live there
A progressive is someone who
made society better
This ship was carrying immigrants in 1912, before it sank in the Atlantic
The Titanic
What 2 oceans border the United States?
The Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
The 13th, 14th, and 15 Ammendments were created during the Reconstruction Era, giving this group of people more rights
African Americans
This National Park once assisted Immigrants entering the United States.
Ellis Island
What is/was a muckraker?
Someone who investigated problems in society
Albany, Sacramento, and Harrisburg are all one of these
State Capitals
This river runs from Minnesota to New Orleans, spliting the United States
The Mississippi River
What was one way the south tried to limit African American voting rights?
Grandfather clause, Poll Taxes, and Literacy Tests
Name one type of inspection people faced on Ellis Island
Medical or Legal Inspections
Upton Sinclair wrote this book, which helped improve the meat industry
The Jungle
The Anacostia and Potomac Rivers meet in this city, if that doesn't help, the Wizards, Capitals, Commanders, and Nationals also play in this city
Washington D.C.
This western mountain range runs from Northern Canada to New Mexico
The Rocky Mountains
During the Reconstruction Era, The U.S. government did what to help keep peace in the south?
Put soldiers in the South to maintain order
Immigrants leaving Ellis Island, took one of these to get to different cities, such as Chicago
Trains
Jacob Riis, investigated these type of apartment buildings, eventually writing a book to help improve conditions
Tenements
This man is responsible for creating the modern day assembly line
Henry Ford
This is the smallest U.S. state
Rhode Island
This 1896 Supreme Court Case "legalized" segregation across the South
Plessy v. Ferguson
Immigrants had to prove that they possessed what when entering the United States
A job lined up, Family in the U.S., a way to support themselves
Ida Tarbell investigated this monopolistic company, exposing their aggressive business practices
Standard Oil Company
This man was a President during the Reconstruction Era and a General during the Civil War, now his image is on the 50 Dollar Bill