Urbanization
Rapid growth of cities in the United States during the late 1800s
Urbanization
Southern states' segregation laws on African Americans
Jim crow
movement of settlers from the east to the lands west of the Mississippi River
westward expansion
station in new york that processed immigrants
ellis island
1887 law broke up tribal lands to encourage native americans to adopt farming and more american lifestyles
dawes act
invention that made the construction of tall buildings an skyscrapers possible
elevator
The Amendment to the Constitution was supposed to guarantee equal rights to everyone
The 1862 law that gave free land to settlers
Many immigrants from southern and eastern Europe came to American cities during this large wave of immigration in the late 1800s.
New immigration
what is a word the dawes act tries to accomplish
assimilation
Crowded poorly maintained apartments that poor people lived in
tenements
The Supreme Court case that allowed segregation to continue
Plessy v Ferguson
thing that helped connect the east and west
railroads
The term is the belief that immigrants should abandon their native customs and fully emerge themeselves in american culture.
assimilation
Place where the U.S.goverment made native americans live
reservations
system of political control in cities
political machine
system that trapped many african americans in debt while farming land for others
sharecropping
conflict between the U.S. government and Native American tribes
indian wars
act that limited immigration from china
chinese exlusion act
how much did the Native american population drop from 1870-1890
20%
Something that drew millions of immigrants to America after Reconstruction
factory jobs
african american leader that wanted education and economic self resilence during this period.
Booker T. Washington
belief that justified westward expansion to spread across the country
manifest destiny
term that describes hostility and prejudice towards immigrants
nativism
how much did the native american population drop in 90 years
600,000 to 228,000