Civil War/ Reconstruction
He was the President during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln
This vast area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains is known for its wide open spaces.
The Great Plains
Who invented the first telephone?
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
This term describes the rapid growth of cities as people moved from rural areas in the 19th century.
Urbanization
The movement pushed for better living conditions, workers' rights, and political reforms to address the impacts of urbanization
What is the Progressive Era
This system during the Reconstruction period involved workers renting land to farm, while the landowner provided tools, seeds, and housing.
What is sharecropping?
This term refers to the unsettled or sparsely settled land in the U.S., mostly occupied by Native Americans.
What is the Frontier
A company that wipes out its competitors and controls an industry
What is a monopoly
This term describes a very overcrowded area or neighborhood inhabited mostly by poor people.
What is a slum?
This early 20th-century writer, wrote the book The Jungle, which exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Who was the Democratic president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Who is Andrew Johnson
This territory was the first to grant women the right to vote.
What is Wyoming
What did Henry Ford use to make his factories more efficient?
What is the assembly line
The growth of cities during urbanization created a large number of jobs in factories, but also led to dangerous and unhealthy working conditions in places such as these.
What are sweatshops?
These laws in the South during Reconstruction limited the freedoms of former slaves.
What are Black Codes
Intended to assimilate Native Americans
What is The Dawes Act
This labor organization, founded in 1869, was one of the first to include both skilled and unskilled workers, advocating for better wages and working conditions for all workers.
What is the Knights of Labor?
This process was used by the government to readmit Confederate states back into the Union after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction
What are two reasons for people moving out west after the Civil War
What is mining and the cattle industry
The tragic 1911 fire at this garment factory in New York City led to widespread calls for improved workplace safety regulations after 146 workers, mostly women, died.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?