Reconstruction
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Ended Slavery in the United States
What did Native Americans and Western Settlers fight over?
Land and Resources
What is a Muckraker?
An investigative journalist who exposed problems in society.
Where did many people work in NYC during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Factories
What is the name of the war that we studied in the beginning of this school year?
The Civil War
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Guaranteed equal rights and citizenship for all (especially for former slaves).
Who was affected by the Dawes Act?
Native Americans
(Land was taken from them with the U.S. law)
What is the name of the buildings immigrants lived in when they arrived to New York City? And describe these buildings.
Tenements
The tenements were in poor condition, crowded, and often unsanitary.
What is the purpose of labor unions?
What did it do for workers?
Several Answers
Shortened the Work Day to 8 hours
Provide A Safe Work Place
Fair Pay
Ended Child Labor
What is the name of the island that immigrants first came to; to be processed before going into New York?
Ellis Island
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave African American the right to vote.
What is the name of the Act that gave people the opportunity to own 160 acres of land out west?
The Homestead Act
Why did immigrant leave their home country and come to the United States?
Various Push and Pull Factor
Educational Opportunities
Economic Opportunities
And lots more!
Describe a Robber Baron
(What type of business person is this?)
A super rich business leader who was unfair and didn't care about their workers....only the money they could make from them.
*Remember, the opposite is a Captain of Industry*
What is the name of the Revolution that saw a major increase in technology? It shifted how things were made...from hand to machinery.
Industrial Revolution
What is the name of the laws that were made to restrict newly freed African Americans? It mainly affected those in the Southern States.
Jim Crow Laws
What is the name of the railroad system that connected the east coast to the west coast?
The Transcontinental Railroad
Many immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s through Ellis Island. What CONTINENT did they come from?
(North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia)
Europe
What is the name of the time period that was described as Glittering on the Outside, Rotten on the Inside?
(Hint: Answer ends in .....Age)
The Gilded Age
What is the name of the US President that was assassinated for his beliefs on ending slavery and ending the Civil War?
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
They helped newly freed African Americans with housing, education, jobs, and legal help.
What is the name given to Native Americans, or the First people?
(Hint: it begins with an "I")
Indigenous
Who was Upton Sinclair and what did he do?
He was a Muckraker who wrote a book called The Jungle. It exposed the horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry.
What happened in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
More than 100 immigrant women were killed in a factory fire that was caused due to the negligence of the factory owners.
What is the name of the 3 amendments that were made specifically for newly freed African Americans?
The Reconstruction Amendments