Reconstruction (c.10 sec.1) | Settling the West C. 11 sec 1,2,3 | Immigration (C.13 sec.2) | Progressivism (C.15 sec. 2) | Random History |
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What is the Confederacy
The name of the losing side in the American Civil War
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What are Boomtowns
These were quickly growing towns and cities that sprung up in the West in the late 19th Century
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What is Ellis Island
Immigrants arriving to New York City checked in here
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What is Females and
Right to Vote
In 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed giving these type of citizens this
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Who is Abraham Lincoln
He was the President during the Civil War
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Who is Slavery
This was the main reason for the Civil War
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What is the Texas Longhorn
These cattle were suited to life in the Great Plains
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What is China
A law passed in Congress in 1882 targeted the prevention of immigrants from this country
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What is Suffage
This terms means the right to vote
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What is Reconstruction
The time period immediately following the Civil War was known as this
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What is the Ku Klux Klan
This Terrorist Group started in Tennessee and committed hate crimes against African Americans
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What are the Black Hills
These Hills in Dakota Territory were found to have valuable minerals and as a result Mining and Industry pushed out the Native Americans there
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Who is Jacob Riis
This famous photographer was a Muckraker whose pictures informed America of everyday life
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What is Prohibition
This is the outlawing of alcohol for consumption
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What is an amendment
The term for adding a change to the Constitution
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What is the Democratic Party
This Political Party supported Slavery and was based in the South
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What is the Homestead Act
This law passed by Congress allowed for the massive settlement in the Great Plains
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What are political machines
These are informal political groups that formed in cities and controlled who had access to jobs
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Children
In the Progressive Movement, protecting this group in the workplace became an issue
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Who are Vulnerable Groups
In the Politics and Power unit, these were looked at in detail
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What is Because Abraham Lincoln was Assassinated
The Reason Southerner Andrew Johnson became President
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What is the Battle of Little Big Horn
This is one of the most famous battles won by Native Americans. Colonel George Custer was killed in this battle.
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Who are Nativists
This is the name given to people who were native-born who had an extreme dislike of immigrants
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What is Wyoming
This was the first state to give Women the right to vote in 1869
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What are Push and Pull
The key terms for the unit on Peopling
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