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muckrakers
investigative reporters who exposed corruption
Appomattox court house
where confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to union general Ulysses S. Grant.
armistice
a temporary agreement to end fighting
flank
the side or edge of a military formation
trustbuster
a government official who investigates and combats alliances formed to control competition and prices
14th amendment
gave African Americans citizenship
discrimination
unfair treatment
segregation
the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
emancipation proclamation
the decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863
sod
Soil that grass is growing on
Literacy test
a method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level
homestead act
an official act that brought farmers to the Great Plains in 1862, brought farmers to the Plains to homestead (own ownership of the land by settling on it)
Oklahoma Land Rush
the Indian Territory, what is now Oklahoma, wasn’t assigned to any specific Native American group so the federal government assigned it to homesteaders; on April 22, 1889, 1000 homesteaders charged across the border to stake their claims
Dred Scott v. Sandford
where a slave (Dred Scott) sued for his freedom because he lived in the northern states the supreme court decided he couldn't sue because he was property
sweatshops
a shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions
corporations
type of business or organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a person
tenement
a type of residence that is often run-down and crowded
Push and pull factors from 1860 to 1919
The push factors are what caused people to emigrate, and one typical example was economic hardships. Pull factors : Immigrants saw America as filled with jobs , land, and hope.
19th amendment
granted women the right to vote
21st amendment
repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America
trolley
a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track
vaudeville
a type of theatrical show, with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts
steerage
quarters for low-paying passengers below the deck of a ship
yellow journalism
a type of journalism based on sensational stories
54th Massachusetts
best known African American regiment, under the command of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, served in the front line of Fort Wagner in SC, about 300 casualties, became well known for courage and sacrifice