Reconstruction
What was the purpose of the 13th amendment
No More Slavery
growth of the middle class
more job openings for adults
ethnic enclave
a geographical area where a particular ethnic group is spatially clustered and socially and economically distinct from the majority group.
pure food and drug act
prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
sitting bull Sioux massacre
More than 250 Lakotas – mostly women and children – were killed by U.S. soldiers.
What was The purpose of the 14th amendment
equal rights for African American citizens.
growing wealth inequality
the rich get richer the poor get poorer.
Chinese exclusion act of 1882
This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.
16th amendment
grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population.
boarding schools
schools to make Indians more white
what was the purpose of the 15th amendment
right to vote for African American citizens
company profits
company's were making more money
urbanization
the process of making an area more urban.
18th amendment
production, transport and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal,
Dawes severalty act
allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
End of Civil War
Slavery was abolished after the union soldiers won the Civil War.
monopolies
One group taking a market and running it while paying little to none and bad for the community.
east coast Ellis island
immigration station for the Port of New York
19th amendment
granted women the right to vote.
ghost dances
a spiritual movement that arose among Western American Indians
sharecropping
form of tenant farming in which the landowner furnished all the capital and most other inputs and the tenants contributed their labor
urbanization
more people living together in a group in city's instead of rural areas.
Americanization
Americanization is the process of an immigrant to the United States becoming a person who shares American culture, values, beliefs, and customs by assimilating into the American nation.
interstate commerce act
addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business.
american Indians