gang
What are political machines
illegal gang doing activity
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery
Mass Culture
common culture experienced by large numbers of people
What if Tammany Hill
The most famous Political Machine in New York
14th Amendment
Gave Black Americans citizenship rights and equal protection
How Mass Culture affected U.S.
ragtime, vaudeville, leisure time, amusement parks, mail- order catalogs, department store the way we shopped, food, and new forms of entertainment
Plessy VS Feguson
Homer Plessy sued a railroad company that segregation seating violated his 14th amendment. Supreme Court ruled separate but equal facilities didn't violate 14th amendment
2nd Industrial Revolution
working hours and conditions, cheaper goods, hand tools replaced machines, manufacturing started, and steel industry, production increased due to less coal was used
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow was a minstrel show character that made fun of African Americans, the laws were made to enforce segregation
3 inventions
Skyscrapers- tall enough to scrape the sky, increased amount of housing and workspace. Elevator- helped make them possible. Steel- helped engineers construct larger buildings