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13th Amendment
Ended slavery (granted rights to African Americans)
14th Amendment
Gave citizenship to African Americans \n (granted rights to African Americans)
15th Amendment
Allowed African Americans the right to vote (granted rights)
Reconstruction
The time after the CIvil War when the North and South were coming back together and rebuilding the country
(UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO JIM CROW LAWS)
Jim Crow Laws
Laws to limit the freedoms of African Americans by separating them from the White people.
LIMITED FREEDOMS of African AMericans.
Failure of Reconstruction.
Poll Taxes Grandfather Clause Literacy Test
Restrict voting rights of African Americans
Segregation
The separation of African Americans and Whites through the creation of separate facilities for each race. IT WAS NOT EQUAL (limit freedoms)
Plessy v. Ferguson
Established separate but equal/ segregation.
Yellow Journalism
Use of exaggeration in newspapers to influence public opinion. (Sinking of the Maine)
Panama Canal
Shortened sea route between Atlantic and Pacific.
Monopoly/Trust
When one person or company controls a type of business by putting all other companies out of business. (BAD THING)
Often used corruption in the Senate (law makers)
EXAMPLE: Standard oil
Sherman Antitrust Act
Broke up monopolies/trusts Enforced by Teddy Roosevelt
Immigration
Ellis Island
Angel Island
When a person moves to a new country to live there permanently
America needed immigrants as unskilled workers
Immigrants came in the US through Ellis Island on the East Coast
Immigrants took an eye exam, mental and medical exams
Angel Island was on the Pacific coast for Asian immigrants
Push Factor
Negative things that make someone want to leave a country
Pull factor
Positive things that make someone want to move to a country
Industrial Revolution
Time when cities and factories grew (urbanization) because of the new invention that changed the way things were made and transported (Farms -> FACTORIES) PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION-> tenements/meat production/child labor
Muckrakers
Produced novels/articles and photographs that EXPOSED problems in society.
Child Labor
When children worked in factories in terrible conditions to help support their families. Children were paid less.
Labor Movement
When workers would strike against low wages and poor conditions/factory owners opposed this. Sparked by Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
Women’s Suffrage
Women fighting for their right to vote
Imperialism
When America has to expand to meet its needs at home. Taking over smaller territories.
Progressive Era
Time period when laws were passed to fix the problems of society.
Transcontinental Railroad
Expanded interstate business. Moved goods/people/ideas across the country.
Purchase of Alaska
Seward from Russia
Sinking of USS Maine
Led to S.A.W and the acquisition of P.R., Guam and Philippines (long term outcome)
Power
Having control over another group, individual, or nation
Conflict
An argument or disagreement between individuals, groups or nations
Innovation
Technologies and ideas that make life easier.
Human Interactions
Individuals or groups working together/communicating by choice or force Ex: trade/war/diplomacy
Environmental Impact
The way in which we treat the area we live in. The result of our actions on where we live.
Inequality
A group, individual, or nation not treating others fairly
Social
People living and working together under a common set of laws
Military
Armed forces of a nation.
Economic
Use of money and resources.
Political
Ideas and opinions that determine laws and policies for a country.
Religious
Ideas and beliefs that shape people's ways of life and culture
Scientific
Studying testing and experimenting to find ways to make life easier/ better.
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