unit 1
What is the sharecropping equation?
farmland provided by landowner
housing provided by landowner
tools provided by landowner
labor provided by sharecroppers
most cash kept by landowner
What happened to the native americans living in western states?
They were forced to live on reservations.
allowed the settlers to apply for land
homestead act
What was americia's nickname?
melting-pot
journalists who dug up dirt on the truths of a factory life and the robber barrons
muckrakers
What are the 13th 14th and 15th amendments?
13th-abolishes slavery
14-all citizens are equal
15-all men can vote
How did immagrants respond to navatisim?
They created ethnic neighborhoods.
used to turn electricity into light allowed for longer hours for factories
lightbulb
Why was Grant's presisency seen as a failure?
He focused more on the economy than helping the freedman.
right to vote
sufferage
what were the laws known as in the south that denied legal rights to freedmen?
segregated schools,water fountains, resteraunts,and bathrooms
Which captain of industry purchased Carnegie steal?
J.P. Morgan
to move from one part of the country to another
migration
What animal infested Urban areas?
rats
women can vote
19th amendment
How did the literacy tests and poll taxes impact the african americans population in the south?
new freedmen wouldn't be able to pass the literacy tests and couldn't pay the poll tax leading them to not vote.
What allowed for easier travel across the United States?
Tranzcontidental railroad
the exusive possition or control of the supply of a trade in service
monopoly
How did Wilson win the election of 1912?
Roosevelt and Taft split
all foods and drugs need to be checked before distribution
food & drug act
What were 2 parts of the compromise of 1877?
Hayes becomes president and the soilders are taken out of the south.
What did native americans rely on for survival?
baffalow, fur for cloathes, meat for food, bones for weapons,skin for shelter,fat for cooking
hatred torwards immagrants
moving to cities
navatisim
urbanisation
What did the freedmens bureau do to help after the civil war?
They the freedmen food,coathes medicine,and education the bigest contribution.
wanting to ban the sale of alcohol
temperance