Reconstruction
This President took over after the Civil War, and was defined by his Unionism (desire to keep the country together) and his belief that states can govern themselves.
Who is President Andrew Johnson?
These were the laws after Reconstruction that limited the rights and promoted inequality for African Americans post Reconstruction. The successors of "black codes".
What are Jim Crow laws?
This railroad was completed in 1869, and was the first railroad to connect the western United States to the eastern United States.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This is the era before the Progressive Era, defined as a time of monopolies and political corruption.
What is the Gilded Age?
This war led to Cuban independence, and the United States gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish American War?
This is a law that limited the rights of African Americans during the time of Reconstruction.
What is a "black code"?
This amendment finally gave women across the country the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This group of people were forced out of their home lands and into reservations due to the American expansion west.
Who are Native Americans?
These are the names given to investigative journalists in the Progressive Era that would uncover and expose the mistreatment of workers and underprivileged Americans.
Who are muckrakers?
What is the west?
This was a compromise that officially ended Reconstruction, in which Republican Rutherford B. Hayes would win presidency in exchange for Republican equality and peace keeping troops to leave the south.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This law prohibited Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States for 10 years, and forced immigrants who were in the United States to leave and reapply for entry.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
This expanded massively between 1870 and 1890, which led to the creation of jobs, towns and a booming American economy.
What is the American railroad system?
This act gave the federal government the power to break up monopolies and force competition.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
This is what most people would describe America as heading into World War I.
What is a superpower?
This terrorist organization, known for their lynchings, gained momentum in the south during Reconstruction.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This vocabulary word, starting with a d, is defined as "the state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote".
This group of people were responsible for building much of the western railroads, and faced an extreme amount of racism and discrimination for "taking our jobs".
Who are Chinese immigrants?
This woman was arrested in 1872 for illegally voting, and was instrumental in raising awareness for women's suffrage.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This is one of Mr. Kay's pokemon on his Season 18 fantasy pokemon league team.
Who is Raging Bolt, Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, Hatterene, Iron Boulder, Galarian Moltres, Kleavor, Hisuian Goodra, Galvantula, Wo Chien, Ditto, and Bastiodon?
These 3 amendments granted enslaved people freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote.
What are the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
This massive Supreme Court case legalized and justified that concept of "separate but equal".
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This animal was nearly hunted to extinction due to the American expansion west, wreaking havoc for Native Americans and the environment.
What is the American bison?
These are a collection of workers who fight for labor rights, such as increased wages, better working conditions, better hours, and safety standards.
What are unions?
This is the greatest NBA team of all time and the eventual 2025-2026 NBA Champions.
Who are the Denver Nuggets?