ss midterm

harriet tubman, Fredrick Douglass, etc were all leaders in the movement to…

abolish slavery

encouraged African Americans to fight for the union

the emancipation proclamation

what was the one purpose of the underground railroad

to help escaped slaves find freedom

what was a result of Lincoln being elected

states like south carolina began to withdraw from the union

lincoln declared that his main goal was to “preserve to the union” what did this mean

he wanted the seceding states to rejoin the u.s.

what was most responsible factor for the northern victory of the civil war

most of the nations railroads,industry, and factories were in the north

which group was the 14 amendment intended to help

formerly enslaved americans

the supreme court case plessy v. Ferguson said that

segregation is legal if facilities were “separate but equal”

what laws enforced segregation in public facilities

jim crow laws

“what a howl went up, Irish,Chinese, Mexicans, everybody screamed in delight”

immigrants played an important role in buliding the railroad

what year did Americans live in more urban areas then rural

1920

who is boss tweed

head of tallmony hall and a political machine

who created the political cartoons of boss tweed

thomas nast

what issue was the Thomas nast cartoons discussing

political corruption

jacob riis took photos of what

slums and tenements

the manufacture of cars what the result of what

the use of the assembly line

the beer ban law was which amendment

18th

which amendment dealt with women voting

19th

what was the freedmen bureau

helped freed slaves and poor people find jobs, clothing, and food

what was the emancipation proclamation

let colored people have rights

14th amendment

gained citizenship if your were born in the u.s.

what was one negative effect of the railroad

near extinction of buffalo

what was the homestead act

free land if you improved it

ehich group took over the west with barbed wire

cowboys

what does captain of industry mean

leaderin their field of work and creates a successful business

Who were people in the late 1800 and early 1900’s that wanted to make political, social and economic changes?

progessives

what did teddy roosevelt create

the fda

Who were people who exposed corruption during the progressive era?

muckrakers

famous settlement created by Jane adams

hullhouse

a hull House is called:

a settlement

Manufacturing in the United States increases because of new faster labor tactics like:  

assembly line

Who is credited with the Auto Industry’s use of the assembly line?

henry ford

These were built because cities were becoming more crowded so architects began building up instead of out:

skyscrapers

Republicans that set up a new progressive party and chose Roosevelt as their leader.

bull moose party

who was the hawaii king who died

king kalakua

Who proposed a new constitution that would restore powers of the monarchy and extend voting rights for native Hawaiians.

liliuokalani

What was Plessy v. Ferguson and what was the decision in this case?

where a man sat on the white railroad car and the court declared separate but equal

What was the Transcontinental Railroad

a railroad that connected the us from the east to the west

What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade

How did muckrakers influence change during the Progressive Era?

By exposing societal problems through media

What was a major goal of the Progressive Movement?

Combating political corruption and improving conditions

What was the method used by Henry Ford to mass produce cars?

Assembly lines