You Forgot to Remember the Ladies (Also the Poor and the Recently Freed Slaves.)
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100
This system arose when workers wanted to farm land autonomously but could not afford to buy land of their own. It was characterized by workers tending land owned by the wealthy, and paying for the land by giving the owner some of their crops.
What is sharecropping?
100
The invention of machines like the typewriter created a new class of jobs for this group of people.
Who are white, native-born women?
100
By 1900, most American immigrants lived in this type of location.
What is urban (cities)?
100
In order for working-class families to survive during the 19th century, these members of the families typically had to have jobs.
Who are all of them?
100
When Charles Guiteau, a deranged office seeker, shot this man, one result was civil service reform.
Who is James Garfield?
200
After being freed, slaves aspired to own land, but the first priority for many was finding these people.
Who are their family members?
200
The 14th amendment did not provide voting rights for this group of people.
Who are women?
200
Immigrants from this region were blamed for economic woes and lack of jobs in the West.
What is Asia?
200
In the 1850s, individual tailors were replaced by these.
What is factories, or sweatshops?
200
This event made people believe that organized labor was too radical and damaged its reputation in the country.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
300
These laws severely limited the rights and opportunities of freedmen.
What are black codes?
300
Married black women often held this job.
What is domestic servant?
300
Immigration increased in the late 1800s because of economic conditions in Europe as well as for this reason.
What is religious persecution?
300
The "New South" was a shift from agriculture to this type of economy.
What is industrial?
300
This president served two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
400
When an amendment to the Constitution prohibited states from establishing voting qualifications based on race, Southern states used these criteria instead.
What are property ownership and literacy?
400
As this new development made cities grow larger and allowed people to live farther from work, the only people who lived near industrial areas were the urban poor.
What is mass transit?
400
Starting in the 1880s, immigrants to the US mostly came from these two areas.
What are Southern and Eastern Europe?
400
In the early 20th century, electricity was found mainly in these areas of the US.
What are cities?
400
This seaside area represented the rise of mass entertainment for Americans.
What is Coney Island?
500
Lincoln disagreed with this body of elected officials about the path Reconstruction would take.
What is Congress?
500
When a wealthy woman from this family threw a lavish costume party, it caused many Americans to contemplate the growing disparity between the richest and poorest Americans.
Who are the Vanderbilts?
500
Increased immigration caused this change in American cities between 1870 and 1900.
What is rapid population growth?
500
This "muckraking" journalist publicized the plight of the urban poor.
Who is Jacob Riis?
500
This group was the first major labor organization in the US.