Late Western Expansion
Which technological development made the settlement of the west easier in the Post Civil War Era
Railroads
Famous industry leader/robber baron who specialized in the Oil business
John D Rockefeller
What would be a reason someone in the late 1800s or early 1900s would immigrate to the US
Religious Freedom, Economic Opportunity, Jobs
Invented the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
What did the 19th amendment do?
Women's Suffrage/Right to vote
Completed in 1869 this achievement connected the East and West coast for transportation and shipping purposes
Transcontinental Railroad
Name for the economic system in which government plays little to no role in the economy, letting businesses develop without regulation
Laissez-Faire Capitalism
Intake center for immigrants in New York. Roughly 70% of immigrants into the US in the late 1800s came through this center
Ellis Island
The invention of this allowed Andrew Carnegie to mass produce steel
Bessemer Steel Process
Ida Tarbell wrote a book highlighting the shady business practices of which major company?
Standard Oil/John Rockefeller
US govt act that gave settlers free land if they improved said land by starting a farm in the Great Plains
Homestead Act
Early Civil Rights leader who helped found the NAACP, advocated for higher education of the "Talented Tenth". Stressed the importance of immediate political and social equality
WEB DuBois
Overcrowded apartment housing that immigrants in major cities often lived in
Tenements
What did Lewis Lattimer invent?
Light bulb filament
Name for a journalist who exposed societal issues as a result of the industrial revolution
Muckraker
The last significant fighting that occurred between the US army and Native Americans in the west. Roughly 300 Native Americans were killed many being women and children
Massacre at Wounded Knee
First female self made millionaire in the US and industry leader in cosmetics and haircare
Madam CJ Walker
During the late 1800s and early 1900s European immigrants increasingly came from which two European regions?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Most well known for perfecting assembly line manufacturing in order to provide cheap automobiles to the American public
Henry Ford
What did the 17th amendment do?
Direct election of Senators
Famous western battle in which Lakota Native Americans defeated an American army, also known as Custer's Last Stand
Battle of Little Bighorn
Supreme Court case that for the time declared that segregation in the US was legal as long as it was "separate but equal"
Plessy v Ferguson
Immigrant group often associated with building railroads in the West. Was targeted by an anti-immigration act in the 1880s
Chinese Immigrants
Invented the gas mask and traffic light
Garrett Morgan
Which author wrote "The Jungle" exposing the unhygenic practices of the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair