Reconstruction
This period immediately followed the Civil War, focusing on rebuilding the South and integrating African Americans into citizenship.
Reconstruction
These journalists and writers were known for exposing corruption in business and government during the Progressive Era
Muckrakers
This New York City neighborhood was known for the overcrowding of European immigrants
The Lower East Side
This amendment officially abolished slavery throughout the United States
the 13th Amendment
He was a leader in the civil rights movement and argued that African Americans should demand full equality immediately, co-founding the NAACP.
W.E.B. Du Bois
This was the name for laws passed by Southern states immediately after the Civil War to restrict the freedom of African Americans.
Black Codes
This 1906 book by Upton Sinclair exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
This policy or attitude favored native-born inhabitants over immigrants, leading to restrictive immigration laws.
Nativism
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves.
The 14th Amendment
This educator and reformer argued that African Americans should focus on vocational education and economic self-reliance.
Booker T. Washington
This term describes a form of agricultural tenancy where a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced.
Sharecropping
This term refers to the process of journalists and reformers attempting to fix the problems caused by industrialization and urbanization.
Progressivism
This 1882 law was the first significant restriction on free immigration in US history, targeting a specific Asian nationality.
the Chinese Exclusion Act
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote
The 15th Amendment
He was the corrupt leader of Tammany Hall, the Democratic political machine in New York City.
Boss Tweed
This agency was created by Congress in 1865 to help former slaves and poor whites in the South by providing food, clothing, and education.
Freedmen’s Bureau
This Progressive reform allowed voters to directly propose legislation, reducing the power of political machines.
the Initiative
This term describes the process where immigrants or minority groups adopt the culture and customs of the prevailing society.
Assimilation
This amendment authorized Congress to levy a federal income tax.
the 16th Amendment
This Progressive president was known as a "trust-buster" and for his "Square Deal" policies.
Theodore Roosevelt
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld this legal doctrine, allowing for segregated facilities.
"Separate but Equal"
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1913, allowed for the direct election of senators by the people.
the 17th Amendment?
Jacob Riis used photography to document the lives of the poor in this famous book, illustrating the, "other half".
How the Other Half Lives
This amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote
The 19th Amendment
She was a leader in the settlement house movement, opening Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants.
Janes Addams