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7 Factors of America's Industrial Growth
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Manifest Destiny
The thought that Americans have the right to settle the west. -
Settling of the Western U.S.
Americans begin to move west to settle down. Starting with Lewis and Clark. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of the richest people. -
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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of the richest people. -
John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern history. -
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John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern history. -
Jacob Riis
exposed hardships of new york cities poor -
Exploited Workers
Forcing people and even at times kids to work in hard conditions. -
Samuel Gompers
Founded the American Federation of Labor to help fight for better working conditions -
Ida Tarbell
muckraker who wrote about standard oil -
Urbanization
The urbanization rate was more than four times greater than the increase in the rural population in 1890. -
Jane Addams
helped the immigrants of Chicago to assimilate into US culture by creating the Hull House -
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Civil War
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3 Reconstruction Plans
Lincoln's, Johnson's, Radical Republicans -
Transcontinental Railroad Begins Construction
The transcontinental railroad begins construction from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California. -
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Reconstruction
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Wade Davis Bill
Congress response to Lincoln's plan -
Pocket Veto
An indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session. -
3 Reconstruction Amendments
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Freedman's Bureau
Created by Congress; help black and poor white families. -
Black Codes
Codes that kept blacks and whites seperate from one another. -
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Reconstruction Amendment
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Civil Rights Bill of '66
The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition. -
Lincoln Steffens
muckraker that exposed the corruption of the government. -
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
Put southern states under military rule. 5 districts each run by northern general. -
W.E.B. DuBois
founded the NAACP to help African Americans achieve equal rightsf -
14th 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 -
Gilded Age
A time where rich men ruled everything in the industry department. -
Monopoly
A time in when rich men could own a business and take over others businesses in un-fair ways until they were banned from doing so in 1890. -
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Gilded Age
A time where rich men ruled everything in the industry department. -
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Monopoly
A time in when rich men could own a business and take over others businesses in un-fair ways until they were banned from doing so in 1890. -
15th 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. -
Old Immigrants
Came from northern and western Europe. -
Compromise of 1877
Civil Rights Cases of 1883 -
Jim Crow Laws
Law that informed racial segregation in south at the end of reconstruction period. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
No more immigrants from China -
Civil Service Act
Approved on January 16, 1883, the Pendleton Act established a merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work. -
New Immigrant
A lot of immigrants came from Italy and Russia. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates. -
Closing of the Frontier
Land is not available anymore, two waves of immigrants. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy vs. Ferguson in the 1896 presedential election. -
Spanish-American War
War between the Americans and Spaniards -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Prevention of selling expired, bad, or poisonous foods. -
Square Deal
protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources. -
16th 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. -
18th Amendment
Banning of intoxicating liquors; later would be gotten rid of. -
Birth
My Birthday -
Donald Trump Sworn into Office
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Adopted by Step Dad
My last name is now Fischer and he is my legal father.
