Some negative impacts of the industrial revolution were

pollution, harsh working conditions, monopolies

provides housing, food by selling a share of the crops

Define the freedmen's bureau.

to help newly freed African Americans like education

What is Laissez - Faire

Hands off approach of government interference in business

right to vote regardless off race or religion

What were the black codes

limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

Describe what helped labor unions to become successful in America?

strikes, boycotts and strong leaders

process of taking on the cultural traits of another.

Which statement best explains why boom towns became ghost towns in the American West?

People used up all the resources surrounding the town.

What territories did the U.S. gain after the Spanish American war?

Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico

Describe the Reconstruction time period

after the Civil War trying to Unite the North and South

Northerners who moved to the South for economic gain.

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1
Some negative impacts of the industrial revolution were
pollution, harsh working conditions, monopolies
more immigrants
Railroads and big cities
2
Define Sharecropping
sharing rent money in exchange for education
Used for share of gold and silver
provides housing, food by selling a share of the crops
Used by the military during WWI
3
Define the freedmen's bureau.
freed the north from the south
used for bank accounts and loans
helped military families with education
to help newly freed African Americans like education
4
Define the Homestead Act of 1862
Claiming land out west
Coming home after war
pushed Native Americans to reservations
culture taking on the cultural traits of another.
5
What is Laissez - Faire
mass production of raw materials
The queen of England's arrival to the U.S.
part of the Declaration of Independence
Hands off approach of government interference in business
6
inventor of telephone
Bob Sager
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
7
The inventor of the assembly line
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
8
This invention enabled businesses to increase s by improving long-distance communication.
telegraph
assembly line
telescope
boats
9
15th amendment
abolish slavery
citizenship
right of freedom of sppech
right to vote regardless off race or religion
10
who developed the Standard Oil Company
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
John Rockefeller
11
What were the black codes
gave African Americans the right to vote
codes for nuclear war
limited immigration
limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
12
Describe what helped labor unions to become successful in America?
strikes, boycotts and strong leaders
Laissez- Faire policy
blue- collar workers
the bill of rights
13
Define assimilation
process of taking on the cultural traits of another.
Process of taking land from Natives
Process of farming on reservations
process of creating treaties with other cultures
14
Which statement best explains why boom towns became ghost towns in the American West?
People discovered gold and metals beneath the town.
A transcontinental railroad was built alongside the town.
A Native American reservation was opened to settlers.
People used up all the resources surrounding the town.
15
What territories did the U.S. gain after the Spanish American war?
Columbia, Mexico and New Mexico
Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
Hawaii and Japan
Mexico and Brazil
16
Who benefited most from westward expansion
Asians
Women
Native Americans
African Americans
17
Corporations raise capital by
developing bureaucracies
selling stocks and bonds
acquiring natural resources
hiring blue-collar and white-collar workers
18
Describe the Reconstruction time period
after the Civil War trying to Unite the North and South
Industrial Revoltuion
After the Revolutionary War
Time period after WWI
19
Define Carpetbaggers
Northerners who moved to the South for economic gain.
Carpenters who helped rebuild the south
mobsters who terrorized NYC
farmers who lost their jobs after the industrial revolution
20
14th amendment
abolish slavery
due process
citizenship
right to vote for women
21
Which energy source was most important during the earliest stages of industrialization?
Petroleum
natural gas
Steam
electricity
22
13th amendment
citizenship
right to vote
Abolish slavery
right to bear arms
23
who were against Labor Unions from forming?
factory workers
Big Businesses
Farmers
Obama

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