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Old Immigrants
Almost all of the immigrants were from the Northern and Southern Europe. Came before 1880 -
7 Factors Of America's Industrial Growth
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New Immigrants
Most of all of them were from the Southern and Eastern part of Europe. Came after 1880 -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson bought it for $15 million -
Manifest Destiny
Americans believed in the idea of Manifest Destiny to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and Mexico -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Gold Rush, Homestead Act, Oregon Territory -
Urbanization
That was the term used to name the Migration from farms to cities. Between 1860 to 1915 rural popolation doubled. -
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CIVIL WAR
Issues Slavery -
3 RECONSTRUCTION PLANS
Lincoln, Johnson and Radical republicans -
WADE-DAVIS BILL
A more stringent plan was proposed by Senator Benjamin F. Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis in February 1864. -
BLACK CODES
Laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866 in the United States after the American Civil War with the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom -
POCKED 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. -
RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
13th, 14th and 15th -
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
It was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. -
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RECONSTRUCTION
The time when they rebuilt the south. -
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
RECONSTRUCTION ACT
The action or process of being reconstructed -
Gilded Age
The late 19th century had this name because of the corruption. Mark Twain was the one that named it like this. -
Monopoly
Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices -
Civil Service Act
This was an act to curb government corruption. -
Andrew Carnegie
He worked his way up from a penniless immigrant to become of America's richest and most powerful men. -
John D. Rockefeller
He formed Standard Oil Company -
Compromise of 1877
Samuel Tilden defeats Rutherford B. Hayes in the election of 1876's popular vote. -
Interstate Commerce Act
An act that prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging more for shorter routes. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
It was passed to check the spread of monopolies -
Closing The Frontier
Free land was no longer available, a lot of immigrants would come to America. More competition and cultures. -
Exploited Workers
The boys worked on the Coal Mines and the girls and women on the Textile Industry. They faced really low payments and long hours of work. -
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