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15 amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
16 amendment
Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
The 7 Factors
- Labor supply -Capitol -Technology
- Natural Recourses -Consumers -Transportation
- Goverment
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Industrial age 2
changes in the economic and social organization to the new manufacturing process. -
johnsons plan
Required former Confederate states to ratify the 13th amendment before they could rejoin the union -
spoils system
the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters -
nativism
political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures -
lincoln
believed southern states never left -
Andrew Carnegie
Was in the steel buissness and tbhe third wealthiest man. -
Motivation to Move West
The gold rush took place in California and brought over 300,000 people from different countrys looking for gold. -
Urbanization
Process of making a land more urban. -
ten percent plan
Lincoln's plan that allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States -
civil war
1861-1865 -
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Civil War
Issue - Slavery -
emancipation proclamation
that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
The 3 Reconstruction Plans
Lincolns plan- southern states could be readmitted after 10 percent of voters swore on oath
Radical Republicans plan- Supported civil rights for freedom
Johnsons plan- blacks couldnt have a role in politics -
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Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinetial Railroad went from the Central Pacific and moved eastward to Sacromento then to Union Pacfic to westaward into Omaha, Nebraska. -
Pocket Veto
A pocket veto is when the president hasn't signed it for 10 days then you cant do anything with it. -
wade davis bill
legislation requiring a majority of a state's prewar voters to swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin -
Wade-Davis Bill
Required that 50% of states white males take a loyalty in oath -
Black Codes
Different laws passed by southern states that allowed African Americans more freedom. -
Freedmen's Bureau
Help former slaves and poor whites back into south after civil war -
Exploited Workers
Treating people unfairly for their own benifit. -
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Reconstruction Amendments
13 Amendment- Prohibit slavery.
14th Amendment- Equal protection
15th Amendment- Cannot deny the right to vote based on race -
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Reconstruction
Rebuilding theSouthern economy. -
andrew johnson
vetoed freedoms bureau and civil rights act 1866 -
Civil Rights Bill of 1866
A law where all citizens are equally protected by law. -
Civil rights act
first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. -
civil rights act 1866
Passed by Congress on 9th April 1866 over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition -
black codes
intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. -
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
Process of getting the southern states back in the Union. -
14 amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside -
Gildid Age
Period for tranformation in the economy, technoglogy, and goverment. -
Monopoly
Possesion or control of the supply or trade in the community or service. -
John D Rockerfeller
Was in standard oil buisness and was known as wealthiest man alive. -
Age of Optimism
There was a decline in religious fervor, but a rise in tolerance -
Compromise of 1877
Federal goverment had to pull troops from south. -
Jim Crows Laws
Law that informed racial segregation in south at the end of reconstruction period. -
compromise 1877
federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era. -
temprance movement
against alcohalic beverages -
Old Immigrants
Came from Northern or Western Europe and were skilled. -
New Immigrants
Came from Greece and Italy and spoke different language and had different religons. -
anti asian
prohibiting all chinese immagration -
Pendleton civil service act
positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. -
Civil Service Act
The act established that positions within the federal government should be awarded. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Designed to regulate the railroad industry. -
interstate commerce act
federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Prohibits monopolies or unreasonable combinations of companies to restrict or control interstate commerce. -
Closing of The Frontier
- Free land longer available
- 2 works of immigrants
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Progressives
variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization -
Sherman silver trust act
had to purchase twice as much silver and added to the money -
clayton anti trust act
price discrimination, price fixing, and unfair business practices. -
Spanish- American War
followed on sinking battleship of Maine in Havana Harbor. Ended with treaty of paris. -
Gilded age
US populatuion grew rapidly. -
W.E.B. DuBois
founded the NAACP to help African Americans achieve equal rightsf -
Lincoln steffens
muckraker that exposed the corruption of the government. -
jacob riis
exposed hardships of new york cities poor -
Ida tarbell
muckraker who wrote about standard oil -
17 amendment
election of senotors -
Booker t Washingon
Accepted social segregation but encourage Vocational Training for African Americans -
Jane Addams
helped the immigrants of Chicago to assimilate into US culture by creating the Hull House -
Samuel Gompers
Founded the American Federation of Labor to help fight for better working conditions -
temprance movement
the movement to end the manufacture, distribution and consumption of alcohol in the United States -
Manifest Destiny
A belief that settlers were destined to spread across North America. -
Tariff
a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports -
Reforms
make changes -
child labor
children were forced to work because families were so poor. -
referendum
ability to remove and elect official even when they are not done with their term -
19 amendment
womans suffrage -
18 amendment
prohibition of alcohal -
Pure food and drug act
preventing bad and poisinus food -
Pure food and drug act
adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors -
William Taft
President Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and by 1907 had decided that Taft should be his successor -
The Square Deal
protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources. -
Bull Moose party
party for TR as running for canadite. -
federal reserve system
provides nation with safer financial system -
Panama Canal
The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade -
18 amendment
abolish of liquor -
social gospel movement
ministers began to tie salvation and good works together -
Civil Rights Movement
Movement to gain equal rights back for blacks. -
19 amendment
everyone has rights to vote -
When I Was Born
I was born in Michigan at Bronson hospital. -
July Fourth
I like July fourth because its fun coming together and celebrating and watching fireworks. -
First Day of High School
The first day of highschool was boring because we didnt do anything.
