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Presidents of Reconstruction
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes
Reconstruction
The period of time from 1865-1877 when the country was put back together after the destruction of the Civil War
Hiram Revels
First African Senator in 1870
Tim Scott
Only African Republican Senator who is Senator of South Carolina
George Custer
U.S. Commander in Native American Wars Who was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
Defeated Custer in Custer’s Last Stand
Edwin Drake
Invented steam engine drill
William LeBaron Jenny
1st steel Skyscraper
Andrew Carnegie
Found a cheaper way to make steel
Christopher Sholes
Invented the typewriter
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone
Thomas Edison
Invented the light bulb
Jane Addams
Key activitist in the Social Gospel Movement
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President; 1st Progressive Era President; Republican who served from 1901-1909; explorer; made the Square Deal; conservationist
Willliam Taft
27th President; 1909-1918; progressive president; asked by Roosevelt to run for office, but didn’t meet his expectations; known for being overweight
Woodrow Wilson
28th President; 1913-1921; progressive presidents; segregated federal offices
Upton Sinclair
Author of “The Jungle” that exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry
Booker T. Washington
Was invited by TR to White House for Civil Rights
13th amendment
Freed slavery in the Union territory
14th Amendment
Gave former slave’s rights
16th Amendment
Graduated Income Tax-1913
17th Election
Direct Election of Senators-1913
18th Amendment
Prohibition
19th Amendment
Woman’s right to vote woman’s suffrage-1919
Ku Klux Klan
Wanted to restore white supremacy in the South by preventing Blacks from exercising their political rights and murdered thousands
Dawes Act of 1887
Reservations divided land of 160 acres for Native Americans to live on
Battle of Wounded Knee
The 7th Calvary finished the job Custard started and ended the Plains Wars
Chisholm trail
A trail used by cowboys to move cattle
Sooners
Land “squatters” who claimed land before they were allowed to
Homestead Act
people were offered a free 160 acres if they moved out west
Transcontinental Railroad
First one built in 1869 ; Central Pacific and Union Pacific
Exodusters
African-American Southerners now moving west
Morill Act
It Gave federal land to states to finance agricultural colleges
Bessemer Process
Removes carbon
Ellis Island
NYC immigration station where immigrants went through 5 hour process with a physical examination
Angel Island
San Francisco immigration station; primarily Asian immigrants; filthier and longer examination than Ellis
Nativism
Public sentiment that demonstrated favoritism toward native-born Americans and supported anti-immigrant legislation and actions
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned most Chinese immigration —repealed in 1943
Gentleman’s agreement of 1907-1908
Japan agreed to limit emigration in exchange for desegregating California schools
Social Gospel movement
salvation by helping the poor and immigrants
Settlement Houses
Taught English, provided education, financial support, and medical attention
Goals of progressive movement
Protect Social Welfare, provide moral improvement (prohibition), create Economic Reform, and foster efficiency
Muckraker
A Journalist who exposed corruption in government and business
Meat inspection act
Set in place by Roosevelt to improve the conditions of meatpacking
Pure food and drug act
Making food and drugs with better ingredients
Conservation movement
millions of acres forest reserves , conserving water and power, 50 wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, and federal land all were brought out of this movement
Panama Canal
A canal built out o Roosevelt’s support of the Great White Fleet; resulted in poor Latin relations
Roosevelt Corollary
Addition to Monroe Doctrine which added police power in western hemisphere and Latin America
Bull Moose Party
A name given to the Progressive Party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy for the presidency in 1912