Vocabulary
Reconstruction
Western Expansion
The 2nd Industrial Age
Anything
100
Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans
What are Reservations
100
The forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places.
What is Segregation
100
The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrong doing against a public official.
What is Impeachment
100
This court case said segregation was okay if separate but equal facilities were provided.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
100
The right to vote in public elections
What is Suffrage
200
Businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock.
What are corporations
200
What were some problems the South had after the war?
Many people were in debt, Confederate Money was worthless, Farms were destroyed and people were starving, the Infrastructure was destroyed.
200
How did the mining boom help develop and civilize the west?
It brought people out west, it helped start many towns, and it brought industry out West.
200

Describe how big industries like Vanderbilt’s changed the United States.

Vanderbilt help link the country through vast railway networks helping economies across the country unite. 

200
Total ownership of a product or service.
What is Monopoly
300
Crossed the continent East to the West and helped the nation expand.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
300
What two things led to the end of Reconstruction?
1. The Panic of 1873--people became more concerned with the financial crisis than Reconstruction 2. Democrats gained control of the south and voted to end Reconstruction.
300
Describe the economic exchange between the East and the West.
Raw goods were shipped East to be used in eastern factories and manufactured goods were shipped West.
300
What was discovered in Texas that was used as a new energy source?
Oil
300

Describe how big industries like   Carnegie’s changed the United States.

Carnegie's cheep steel helped railroads spread, he was able to build a bridge across the Mississippi and eventually his steel was used construct skyscrapers 

400
A decrease in the money supply and overall prices
What is Deflation
400
What were methods used by southern whites to try to keep African Americans from voting and what were Jim Crow Laws
-People had to pay a poll tax and many African Americans were too poor to pay it. -Literacy tests, many African Americans couldn't read so they were not allowed to vote. -Jim Crow Laws were laws that promoted segregation.
400
How did cowboys help develop the West?
They created trails settlers followed and some of the trails became railroad tracks.
400

Describe how big industries like Rockefeller’s change life in the United States 

Rockefeller gave Americans the first clean reliable source of light. 

400
What was the first skyscraper called?
The Flat-iron Building
500
The process of readmitting the Confederacy into the Union.
What is Reconstruction
500
Why was the court case Plessy v. Ferguson important, what did it establish?
-It was important because it said segregation was legal and wide spread segregation throughout the country. -It established the idea of "separate but equal"
500
How did the ending of the "Open Range" help the West develop to its full potential?
-It was fenced off and turned into farmland that became the breadbasket of America -It fed the nation.
500
How did cheap steel change the United States and help its economy? (2)
-Allow the United States to build cheap railroads which allowed American shipping to grow -Contributed to the growth of American cities and the use of the skyscraper.
500

What did the 14th Amendment give?

 What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?

14th--Citizenship to people born in the United States

15th--African American Men have the right to vote. 

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