Why did westward expansion occur after the Civil War?
Land Ownership, Technological advances, gold and silver, adventure, new beginning
100
Why did immigration increase?
Better opportunities, religious freedom, oppressive governments, adventure
100
What was the "Jim Crow Laws"?
It institutionalized a system of legal segregation?
100
Who created the rise in big business?
The captains of industry, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
100
How did the reforms of the Progressive Movement change the United States?
It gave Negative Effects of industrialization, such as child labor, low wages, long hours, and unsafe working conditions
200
How did the lives of American Indians change with western expansion?
Forced relocation, warfare and disease, assimilation, treaties.
200
Why did cities grow and devlop?
Specialized industries including steel and meat-packing, Immigration to America from other countries, movement of Americans from rural to urban areas for job opportunities
200
How did African Americans respond to discrimination and “Jim Crow”?
Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. DuBois
200
What inventions created great change and industrial growth in the United States?
Electric Lighting and the Telephone Service
200
How did workers respond to the negative effects of industrialization?
They did strikes such as the aftermath of Homestead Strike
300
What was the name of the Apache leader who fought against U.S. troop?
Geronimo
300
What challenges faced Americans as a result of these social and technological changes?
Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements.
300
What was "Racial Segregation"?
Passed to discriminate against African Americans
300
What factors caused the growth of industries?
Access to raw materials and energy, Availability of work force due to immigration, Inventions, and financial resources
300
Who was Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
They worked for women's suffrage
400
What year was the Battle of Wounded Knee?
1891
400
Jane Addams founded the _______ _______.
Hull House
400
Who was Booker T. Washington?
Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation
400
How did industrialization and the rise in big business influence life on American farms?
Mechanization and Industrial development
400
What was the 19th Amendment?
It denied the right to vote.
500
Why did Westward Expansion happen?
Americans had already settled and established farm land in the east. Journalists wrote of America’s “manifest destiny” to occupy the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, no matter who was in the way.
500
What were the Jewish kept in, and where.
What- Ghetto
Where- New York City
500
Who was W.E.B. DuBois?
Believed in full political, civil, and social right for African Americans.
500
What are some examples of big business?
Railroads, Oil, and Steel
500
What was some effects of women's suffrage?
Increased educational opportunities, and Attained voting rights