Gilded Age

this phrase was used by the Supreme court to describe why segregation was legal in the Plessey vs. Ferguson case

"separate but equal"

This amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to protect the rights of formerly enslaved person

14th Amendment

the 13th, 14th, and 15th ____________ were added to the constitution granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

Amendments

ended reconstruction by removing federal troops from the Southern states

Compromise of 1877

the goal of this law was to assimilate native americans into mainstream american life

Dawes act

Homestead act and the transcontinental railroad encouraged settlement of this region

Great Plains

encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by offering free land to farmers

Homestead Act

these laws, intended to segregate Black from Whites, were upheld by the Supreme Court in the Plessey vs. Ferguson case in 1896

Jim Crow Law

Labor unions generally opposed immigration because they feared immigrants would take their...

Jobs

the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group

assimilation

employers used these to discourage wokers from joining labor unions

blacklists

Both Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller gave millions to...

charity

the growth of this caused the urban population to increase dramatically between 1865-1900

industry

This was used by the federal government and private employers to break strikes through the 1890s

military force

during the late 19th century, businesses tried to maximize profits by creating what

monopolies

this period included the Freedman's Bureau, the 14th amendment, and the military occupation of the south

reconstruction

this developed in the south after the civil war because large landowners faced labor shortages

share cropping

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used to deny this to Black Southerners

suffrage

this region of the country granted women suffrage first

west