Civil War
Agriculture
Thes were laws enacted in the south that discriminated African Americans
black codes
What country did the Industrial Revolution Start in?
Great Britain
What is the most common ancestry in the U.S.?
German
What were poorly built apartments for the poor also called?
tenements
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What land deal doubled the size of the U.S.?
Louisiana Purchase
What was America's first monopoly?
Standard Oil
What is the most common heritage in the southwest U.S.?
Mexican
What was the Gilded Age?
Time when corruption and inequality was covered up by fake prosperity.
True or False: more Americans died in the Civil War than in any other war.
True
What state was known as Indian territory during the Trail of tears?
Oklahoma
Who was known as the commodore?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
This is the dislike of immigrants and the belief that one needs to protect their homeland against them:
Nativism
Push: War, persecution, political unrest, natural disasters etc.
Pull: Jobs, land, better government, religious freedom.
What three amendments are known as the reconstruction amendments?
13,14,15
What U.S. president made treaties with Native Americans and enacted the Indian Removal Act?
What percent of Carnegie's wealth was given to Charity?
90%
What two islands did Asian and European immigrants tend to arrive on?
Angel and Ellis islands.
This is the belief that a person's skills and beliefs will take them far in life.
Individualism
April 15, 1865
This general and the entire 7th cavalry were killed by Lakota Indians:
George Custer
What was the first water powered textile mill in the U.S. called?
Slater Mill
This city has the highest amount of people with Irish heritage:
What did Booker T. Washington push for?
Economic self-sufficiency of African Americans.