Reconstruction
Lincoln's VP, who becomes President after the former's assassination, and proceeds to ruin Reconstruction
ANDREW JOHNSON
The site of a 1980 massacre of the Lakota people by the United States Army
WOUNDED KNEE
A super tall building, typically with a steel frame, that allowed for building vertically rather than horizontally
SKYSCRAPER
The "three Rs" emphasized in American education before the 1900s
READING, WRITING, and ARITHMETIC (reading, riting, and 'rithmetic)
Traditional land of the Inuit people; purchased from Russia
ALASKA
This terrorist organization fought against Reconstruction in the South using methods like lynchings, boycotts, and assassination
THE KU KLUX KLAN (KKK, KLAN)
The dominant "political machine" of NYC in the late 1800s; highly corrupt and dedicated to maintaining a system of patronage
TAMMANY HALL
The labor union (one of the earlier in the United States) referred to by the acronym "AFL"
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
The author of "The Jungle," a key work in industrial reform that depicted the terrible conditions of a meatpacking plant
UPTON SINCLAIR
Seat of a Pacific Constitutional Monarchy; domain of Queen Liliuokalani
HAWAII
The Constitutional amendment that formally bans slavery in the United States
13th AMENDMENT
Black American intellectual who advocated for social equality first and foremost for Black Americans, including an end to segregation and unequal treatment by the government
WEB DuBois
The sociology theory that the rich deserve to be rich, since they are best suited to their environment - and reflexively, that the poor deserve to be poor, since they are worst suited to their environment
SOCIAL DARWINISM
The creation, sale, and distribution of illegal liquor during Prohibition
BOOTLEGGING
The laws that criminalize anti-war speech during WWI
ESPIONAGE and SEDITION ACTS
Organization that helps formerly enslaved people with food and clothing, job placement, and labor organization
FREEDMAN'S BUREAU
Black American intellectual who advocated for economic success for Black Americans before any social equality could be gained
BOOKER T WASHINGTON
A farmer's organization, founded after the Civil War, that fought for better laws for farms and other things that benefited farmers
THE GRANGE
An industrial disaster that killed over 100 workers, mostly immigrant women, because factory owners would lock the doors at the beginning of the shift
TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE
The first American federal propaganda board
COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION
Constitutional amendment; no one can be prevented from voting due to "race, color, or 'previous condition of servitude'"
15th AMENDMENT
The plains religious revival, particularly strong among the Lakota Sioux, that theorized a return to old ways was needed to ensure white Americans would return to Europe, among other things
GHOST DANCE MOVEMENT
In Chicago, and anti-police brutality protest that ended when the police brutalized the protest (oh, and a bomb was thrown by someone too). HINT: Boston has a T stop called this.
THE HAYMARKET AFFAIR
The pro-temperance organization, founded by women, whose ultimate goal was a constitutional amendment banning liquor
THE WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Famously explodey battleship whose dramatic end begins the Spanish-American War
USS MAINE