Reconstruction
event that ended Reconstruction
The Compromise of 1877
built to connect the east and west coast of the US
Transcontinental Railroad
inventor of the phonograph and electric lightbulb
Thomas Edison
immigration station for European immigrants
Ellis Island
provided 160 acres of land in the West
Homestead Act
disenfranchisement method requiring voters to pay a fee
poll tax
method for assimilating Native American children
Boarding Schools
Andrew Carnegie
immigration station for Asian immigrants
Angel Island
Jim Crow laws
led the Exodusters to Kansas
Bejamin "Pap" Singleton
political movement of farmers
populism (Populist Party)
developed a process for steel production
Henry Bessemer
immigrants who arrived to the US after the Civil War
New Immigrants
court case establishing "separate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
violent mob killing
lynching
farmers' alliance
the Grange
founder of Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
photographer who exposed the struggles of urban life
Jacob Riis
divided Native American reservation into individual plots of 160 acres
Dawes Act
became President in 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
law that regulated railroads
Interstate Commerce Act
African American woman who became wealthy selling hair care products
Madam C.J. Walker
movement against immigrants
Nativism
limited Japanese immigration
Gentleman's Agreement