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Judicial Branch
The branch of government that interprets laws- court system -
Checks and Balances
counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. -
7 Factors of America's Industrial Growth
Labor, Capital, Natural Resources, Technology, Transportation, Governments, Consumers -
Civil War Amendments
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. -
Manifest Destiny
The belief that expansion through the U.S. was both justifiable and inevitable. -
Motivation to Settle West
More land, farming, gold, opportunities, etc.. -
Urbanization
Migration from farms to cities -
Lincoln Believed The Southern States
Never really left the union. -
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Civil War
Issue With Slavery -
3 Reconstruction Plans
LIncoln's plan, Johnson's Plan, Radical Republicans Plan -
Transcontinental Railroad
A 1,912-mile continuous railroad that connected certain spots in America -
Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill was a response to Lincoln's Plan required that 50% of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union, while Lincoln's was 10%. -
Pocket Veto
Typically, If a president doesn't sign a bill in ten days in automatically becomes law but if Congress leaves in those ten days and it is not signed it does not become law. -
Wade-Davis Bill
Legislation requiring a majority of a state's prewar voters to swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin -
Reconstruction Amendments
13th Amendment/ Abolish Slavery
14th Amendment/ Equal Rights
15th Amendment/ United States CItizens Can Vote no matter race -
Black Codes
Laws that restricted Freedman's rights -
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. -
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan
Required former Confederate states to ratify the 13th amendment before they could rejoin the union. -
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Reconstruction
Rebuilding After The Civil War. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. -
Compromise of 1866
Divided the South into 5 territories, each governed by martial law. -
Civil Rights act of 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. -
Andrew Johnson
vetoed the freedmen's bureau and civil rights act of 1866 -
Civil Rights Bill of 1866
All people born in the United States were now citizens. Without regard to race, color, or previous condition. -
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
Laid out the process for readmitting southern states into the Union. -
14th Amendment
defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. -
Gilded Age
An era in American history when the surface of it was glittering but it was corrupt underneath. (1870-1890s) -
Monopoly
Exclusive possession or conteo\rol of the supply trade in a commodity or service. -
John D. Rockefeller
A man who founded Standard Oil, controlled most oil in the nation (90%) and got secret rates from the railroad -
15th amendment
The right for any citizens to vote, no matter race, color. -
Compromise of 1877
was an informal, unwritten deal, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era. SIGNALED THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION!! -
Jim Crows Laws
Enforced racial segregation in the South. -
Old Immigrants
The first wave of immigrants to come to the U.S. -
New Immigrants
The New immigrants are the second wave of immigrants to arrive. -
Civil Service Act
A merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work. -
Interstate Commerce Act
A law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry/ a prohibition of unfair practices by the Railroad. -
Andrew Carnegie
A true rags to riches story, Andrew Carnegie owned steel mills and was cruel to his workers but become more generous later in life. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
It made unfair monopoly practices illegal. -
Closing of the Frontier
- Free land longer avaliable
- 2 waves of Immagrants
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Exploited Workers
When people overwork their workers and don't treat them fairly -
The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era is a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption. -
When Basketball Was Created
The best sport ever was created then and it's the historical event I'm using for my timeline. -
Plessy V Ferguson
Landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Grandfather Clause
allowed poor, uneducated whites to vote. -
The Jungle
A novel was written by Upton Sinclair bringing attention to the disgusting conditions in Chicago meat factories and in similar industries. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
It was a fire that happened in a garment factory and it happened because of poor working conditions. It killed 145 workers and led to the development of laws to better protect workers. -
16th Amendment
Income tax, the congress can collect tax on incomes. -
17th Amendment
Election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years. -
Muckraker
Often a journalist who seeks out the "muck" meaning they search for misdeeds, criminal acts or corruption. They mainly go after powerful business men. 1900-1917 -
18th Amendment
prohibiting the sale, consumption, or transportation of alcohol. repealed in 1933. -
19th amendment
Gave women the right to vote. -
Birth date 12/28/2003
When I was born December 28, 2003 -
1st Christmas
First Christmas ever and a good moment in my life because it happens every year and its the first part of it
