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100

13th

(1865) slavery and involuntary servitude abolished; except for punishment of crime 

100

Henry Ford

Early 1900s inventor of affordable cars, particularly the Model T; innovator of the assembly line 

100

Theodore Roosevelt 

Earned fame with Rough Riders Regiment in Spanish-American War; became 26th president upon the assassination of William McKinley; led country in progressive reform and toward robust foreign policy 

100

Lynching

extralegal mod killing of (usually) Black people in the American (mostly) South; often involved hanging, mutilation, and/or torture; not technically legal, but allowed or sanctioned by law enforcement 

100

HBCU

Historically Black Colleges and University 

200

14th 

(1868) naturalization of citizens (born here = citizen); equal protection for all 

200

Muckrakers

Progressive era investigative journalists & photojournalists who sought to expose injustices of their era 

200

Charles Darwin

naturalist and biology; published On the Origin of Species in 1859 in which he popularized the theory of evolution and natural selection 

200

Progressive Era 

The period of industrial business expansion and progressive social reform from c. 1900-1920s

200

Populist Party

aka People's Party; activist political party which gained significant support in the 1890s-early 1900s; supported the interests of farmers and (later) laborers to resist the power and abuses of growing corporations 

300

15th 

(1870) right to vote cannot be denied based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

300

Thomas Edison

Inventor; most famous for inventing the lightbulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera 

300

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

author, activist, and feminist; wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper"

300

Realism 

an artistic and literary movement of the late 1800s that focused on depicting real, ordinary life and normal, laboring people (rejecting Romanticism)

300

Yellow Journalism

sensationalized journalism that used flashy headlines and biased commentary to attract readers; often presented stories as objective truth

400

16th 

(1913) congress has the power to collect income tax 

400

Alexander Graham Bell

First patented the telephone and co-founded American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)

400

George Custer

General in the American West during the settling of the frontier; his famous 'last stand' was a defeat by the native tribes of the Montana Territory in the 1876 battle of Little Bighorn 

400

Social Gospel 

Christian activism movement; used Christian ethics to promote social reform; some adherents prioritized social reform over the Gospel 


400

Dispensationalism

theology that God works in different ‘dispensations’ throughout history; includes belief in a tribulation and premillennial rapture; 

originated in 1830s with British clergyman John Nelson Darby; popularized in America by D. L. Moody and Scofield Reference Bible 


500

17th 

(1913) senators elected by popular vote of citizens in each state

500

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

One of the deadliest industrial disasters in US history; this 1911 fire in NYC factory killed 146 workers 

500

Sitting Bull

Visionary leader of the Lakota and among the victors at the battle of Little Bighorn; killed by US forces during an attempted arrest for alleged participation in the Ghost Dance Movement 

500

Little Bighorn 

Famous 1876 battle between Native Americans (Lakota, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho) and US forces pushing West; Native Americans defeated the troops 

500

Wounded Knee

 1890 massacre of ~300 Lakota Ghost Dancers at the hands of US army; the culmination of US efforts to repress native populations in the west