Reconstruction
Officially ended slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
Modernization of the U.S. from the mid-late 1800s to the early 1900s. Factories, inventions, ideas, technology, manufacturing, railroads, machines were made, making things in life easier, cheaper, faster, better
What is Industrialization?
The bottom quarters/parts of immigrant ships. They were noisy, crowded, and housed the poorest immigrants. These were the cheapest parts of the boats as well.
What is a Steerage?
private detectives who wanted to expose corrupt companies and bring problems to attention in order to get change.
What are muckrakers?
ended the Spanish American War
what is the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
Ended slavery only in Confederate States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
leader of industrialization in the banking, steel, and railroad industries, also buys Carnegie Steel from Andrew Carnegie
Who is J.P Morgan?
(1882) banned Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. They extended the law in 1892 and 1902.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
The nickname for Teddy Roosevelt, as they thought that he wanted to break up every company, but all he wanted to do was make them follow the rules.
What is a trustbuster?
Victory by Teddy Roosevelt and his “Rough Riders” in Cuba. He won a medal from Congress and became very well known
What is the battle of San Juan Hill?
Gave blacks the right to vote, the South found new ways to deny their rights by reading to vote and forcing people to pay to vote, also called a poll tax.
What is the 15th amendment?
creator of the Model T car and perfected the assembly line
Who is Henry Ford?
to attempt to fit into the dominant or main culture of a country/area/group (Example: Immigrants trying to fit in to American culture and become “Americanized”
What is assimilation?
fair and equal treatment for all, promised by Teddy Roosevelt. Government and businesses should work for the PEOPLE, not themselves.
what is the square Deal?
sections of China where foreign nations enjoyed special rights and powers
What is the Spheres of influence?
Announced that all people born in the U.S are citizens
What is the 14th amendment?
workers (through their union) negotiating with management for better working conditions.
What is Collective Bargaining?
Immigrant processing center on the West Coast [off of California] used to process mostly Asian immigrants. Not as popular as Ellis Island due to restrictions on Asian immigration.
What is Angel Island?
Secretary of State under Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. It was first thought of as a mistake – oil was found later on
Who is William Seward?
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
Laws that applied to black people only and were imposed to “keep them in their place".
What are black codes?
manufacturing technique in which a product is carried by some form of mechanized conveyor among stations at which the various operations necessary to its assembly are performed.
What is an assembly line?
Native-born people (born in the United States) that were against immigration. Nativists in the U.S. blamed immigrants for crime, unemployment, and other problems
What is Nativism?
Sent by President Millard Fillmore to Japan to ask them to trade. Signed Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854 which opened up ports to Americans
What is Japan & Matthew Perry?
was the president throughout the years of 1901-1909
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?