Reconstruction
This gave food and clothing to former slaves - helped them find jobs, clothing, set up schools, and gave medical care for the newly freed slaves
Freedman's Bureau
What is Cornelius Vanderbilt associated with?
Railroad
This was the promised 160 acres of free land to anyone who farmed it for five years.
Homestead Act
These are conditions that drive people from their home-- limited land, no jobs or religious reasons
Push Factors
City
This was the law that made segregation legal. Separate but equal of difference races in public places
Jim Crow Laws
What is Andrew Carnegie associated with?
Steele
This was a means of transportation that stretch from coast to coast to make travel, trade and growth of the West easier.
Transcontinental Railroad
This is the process of becoming part of an another culture.
Assimilation
This is the scandal and gossip which sold many newspapers
yellow journalism
Which amendment granted citizenship to all people BORN in the United States?
14th
This controls all or nearly all the business of an industry.
Monopoly
These are towns that boomed quickly when people moved West in search of gold and then the town was quickly empty once the settlers realized there wasn't any gold there.
Boom Town/Ghost Town
This is the belief that a country should be preserved for its native born-- in order to limit immigration
Nativits
This act stated that people had to pass an exam to get a government job
Civil Service Act
This means to bring formal charges of wrong doing against an elected official.
Impeachment
This is a work place where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay.
Sweatshop
These people depended on the buffalo for food, clothing and shelter. They lived in Teepees
Plain Indians
These are the conditions that attract immigrants to a new area for freedom, hope of a better life or jobs
Pull Factors
What were some problems poor people faced living in the cities. List 2
Tenement housing- crowded and dirty; Disease, lack of food, poor health, lack of education and crime
These were white southerners who formed a secret society to help regain power and were very prejudice towards black people
KKK
A fire broke out here and the company had locked the doors to keep the workers at their job. As a result, nearly 150 people died and we now have fire safety laws.
Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire
This is a limited area set aside for Native Americans. Whites wanted Native Americans to become farmers not hunters.
Reservations
Who wrote the book "How the Other Half Lived" exposing the dark side of city life.
Jacob Riis
This is the movement of people from the farm land to come and live in the cities for better job opportunities.
Urbanization