Reconstruction
Which Constitutional Amendments were passed as a result of the Civil War?
13th, 14th, and 15th
What freed all slaves in areas still in rebellion?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which immigration station, processing hundreds of thousands of immigrants, primarily from China?
Angel Island
Who took over the presidency after Lincoln was assassinated and was the first to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
What word means to formally accuse a government official of misconduct in office?
impeach
What is the name for the group of people who felt the South should be punished for their actions?
Radical Republicans
What divided territory into two states and repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is it called when two companies in the same industry, at a similar stage of production, merge or acquire each other to increase market share, reduce competition, achieve economies of scale, and expand their reach?
horizontal integration
Oliver Hudson Kelley was a key founder of what organization?
The Grange
What do we call reformers who saw slavery as a great moral evil that ought to be abolished?
What was the naval blockade of southern ports and seizing the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy called?
Anaconda Plan
What prohibits anti-competitive business practices by outlawing contracts, conspiracies, or combinations that restrain interstate commerce and outlaws the act of monopolization?
Sherman AntiTrust Act
What was the revolutionary method of mass-producing steel by blowing air through molten pig iron to oxidize impurities?
Bessemer Process
Who was the American lawyer, orator, and politician that was a dominant force in the Democratic Party and ran for President three times?
William Jennings Bryan
What do we call an individual who identifies an opportunity, organizes the necessary resources, and launches a new business venture, often taking on financial risks to achieve a profit or other reward?
entrepreneur
What's the name of the broad, long-lasting system of state and local laws and social practices that legalized racial segregation and discrimination?
Jim Crow Laws
What was the first federal law to restrict immigration to the United States based on nationality and race?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What group focused on skilled craft workers and aimed to secure better wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions for its members through collective bargaining and strikes?
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Who led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history?
Andrew Carnegie
What is it called when private business operates in competition and largely free of state control ?
laissez-faire
What is the term for a Southern white who supported Reconstruction?
scalawag
Name the congressional plan for Reconstruction that aimed to establish stricter conditions for the Confederate states' readmission to the Union compared to President Lincoln's proposal
Wade-Davis Bill
What do we call the period in U.S. history characterized by rapid industrial growth & technological advancement alongside significant societal problems?
Gilded Age
Who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works?
Horatio Alger
What is the process where a bargaining agent for a group of employees negotiates with their employer to determine employment terms, including wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions?
Collective bargaining