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Muckrakers
Someone who publishes misdeeds. -
Revolutionary War
The revolutionary war was from 1775 to 1783. The revolutionary had because of confrontation between British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord, massuchets -
3 Branches Of Government
Executive- Enforces laws
Legislative- Makes the laws
Judicial- interprets the laws -
Legislative
The branch of government that makes the laws -
13th Amendment
Abloshed slavery -
14th Amendment
Equal rights for citizens -
15th Amendment
Universal male suffrage -
16th Amendment
Graduated income tax -
17th Amendment
Direct election of sentators -
18th Amendment
Womens Suffrage -
Seven Factors Of Americas Growth
Natural Resources,Capital, Labor Supply, Transportation, Consumers, Technology, Government Cooperation. -
Manifest Destiny
Settlers were destined to expand across North America -
Motivation To Settle To The West
They wanted to make a better living -
Andrew Carnegie
One of America's richiest and most powerful men. -
John D. Rockefeller
Business man, he formed standard oil. -
Gold Rush
Rapid movement of a people trying to find newly discovered goldfield. -
Urbanization
The process of making an area more urban.
women found little futures on farms.
farms were becoming larger and more mehcanized. -
Gilded Age
The Era after Reconstruction -
Period: to
Civil War
Issue slavery -
Homestead Act
Several laws in the united states which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain -
3 Reconstruction Plans
Lincoln required 10% of Confederate states residents to take a loyalty oath before the state could rejoin the union.
Johnson- Required no loyalty oath before a Confederate state could rejoin the union.
Radical Replubican- Supported land re-distribution in the south. -
Wade- Davis Bill
Congresses response to lincolns plan -
Pocket Veto
An indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legaslative session -
Black Codes
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the civil war. -
Freedmen's Bureau
An Agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education. -
3 Reconstruction Amendments
13th Amendment- Abolished Slavery.
14th Amendment- defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other people.
15th Amendment- The right of citizens of the united states or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Period: to
Reconstruction
Rebuilding the trust and economy. -
Civil Rights Bill
Ended Segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination. -
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
laid out the process for readmitting southern states into the union. -
Transcontinental Railroad
To travel for the first time in the U.S. history -
Monopoly
Characterized by a lack of competition, which can mean higher prices and inferior products. -
Compromise Of 1877
The compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely dsuputed 1876 U.S. -
Upton Sinclair
An American writer who wrote nearly 100 books. -
Old Immigrants
More than one-third came from Southern and Eastern Europe. -
New Immigrants
Almost all came from Northern and Western Europe.
They became targets of discrimination. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly it's monopolistic practices. -
Hull House
Settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams. -
Closing Of The Frontier
Census had shown that a frontier line, a point beyond the population density was less than two people per square mile, didn't exsist -
Exploited Workers
Low pay
Long hours
Poor and Unsafe working conditions
Child Labor -
Anti-Trust Act
Outlawed Monopolistic busienss practices. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed monopolistic buisness practices. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Plessy V. Ferguson was a landmark decision of the U.S. supreme court issued in 1896 -
Grandfather Clause
A grandfather clause is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply. -
Progressive Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson. -
The Food And Drug Administration
A federal agency of the United States Department of health and human services. -
The Meat Inspection Act
Is an American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food. -
Square Deal
A Fair Bargain Or Treatment -
Bull Moose Party
Teddy Roosevelt a former Republican created the bull moose party after losing an election against Democrat William Howard Taft. -
Segregation
The separation of people into radical and other ethnic groups in daily life. -
Civil Service Act
An act to reform the civil service laws. -
My Birth Date
I was born 3/23/04, I didn't really know anything about my birthing stage (starts laughing) -
My Best Friend Mikey Died
Mikey was my dog, he was my best friend. he loved me and I loved him, we were both attached to each other. I'll always miss him.
