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Time period after the Civil War when southern states were readmitted into the Union and ex-slaves were given civil rights

Reconstruction

This man created a monopoly in oil refineries

John D. Rockefeller

What was the GRANDFATHER CLAUSE?

allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction

What does SEGREGATION mean?

Separating people based on race.

What were former slaves called?

Freedmen

What was the Supreme Court case that made it legal to have "separate but equal" facilities?

Plessy vs. Ferguson

What was the agency set up to help former slaves adjust themselves to freedom?

Freedmen's Bureau

What was the name of Lincoln's reconstruction plan to bring the country together after the Civil War?

Ten Percent Plan

Laws in the south that legalized segregation

Jim Crow Laws

Bringing together people of different races/ethnic groups

Integration

Southern laws designed to limit the rights of blacks

Black Codes

What did the 15th Amendment do?

said states cannot deny a person the right to vote because of race

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Guaranteed equal protection under the law & said all persons born in the U.S. are citizens

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Abolish slavery

The system where landowners leased a few acres of land to farm workers in return for a portion of their crops

Sharecropping

What is an assembly line?

In a factory, a product is moved along from worker to worker, each person performing a single specialized task.

What is the difference between a "Captain of Industry" and a "Robber Baron?"

Captain of Industry contributed to the country while getting rich. Robber Baron took advantage of people.

The process of developing machine production of goods is called...

Industrialization

Give an example of a Pull Factor. Explain.

Examples will vary. Draws or attracts people to another location.

Which business leader contributed most to the early development of transportation in the US?

Cornelius Vanderbilt

What business leader was a powerful steel manufacturer?

Andrew Carnegie

What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

To stop the formation of trusts and monopolies

Profits paid to stockholders in a corporation are called ....

Dividends

What is a monopoly?

A company that controls all of an industry

Which region of the US was most affected by the Homestead Act?

Great Plains

Where did the Central Pacific Railroad start and end?

Started in Sacramento, CA and Ended in Promentary Point, UT (connected to Union Pacific RR)

Explain how an Assembly Line works.

In a factory, a product is moved from worker to worker. Each worker performs a single specific task.

How did the 'Robber Barons' get their bad name?

Gained huge profits by driving the competition out of business using unfair tactics.

A share of ownership in a corporation is called ...

Stock

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors is called a ...

Trust

What do we call the railway extending from coast to coast?

Transcontinental Railroad

Name one monopoly and the industry leader who controlled it.

Answers will vary.

Give an example of a Push Factor. Explain.

Examples will vary. Causes people to leave their homeland and migrate to another region.