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| 1861-1865 North vs. South, war within a country. |
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| The South during the Civil War |
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| Feeling loyalty to your section of the U.S. rather than to the entire nation. North, South, West |
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| Theory that said states have the right to judge when the federal government passed an unconstitutional law. |
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| Turning point in the Civil War. The North started winning. |
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| Someone who wants slavery to end. Now! An activist. |
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| Slave who sued for his freedom, lost. Court said slaves are property and not citizens, so they can't sue. |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Written by Lincoln, frees the slaves in the Confederacy. |
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| Series of escape routes used by slaves escaping to the North. |
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| Countryside, farms, agriculture |
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| 12 years after the Civil War where the South was rebuilt physically, economically, politically, and socially. |
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| Outlaws slavery, unconstitutional. |
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| Gave African-Americans Citizenship. |
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| Gave African-American males over 21 the right to vote. |
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| Laws that limit African-American voting rights. Examples: Poll Tax, Literacy Tests, Property Requirement. |
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| Declared "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites constitutional. |
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| Were harsh on the South and give African-Americans more rights. |
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| Laws that separate by race. Examples: Separate water fountains, separate schools for blacks and whites. |
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| Hate group that prevented African-Americans from using their rights. Formed after the Civil War. |
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| Wealthy person who gives large amounts of money away to charities or for the public good. |
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| A nickname for someone who makes their fortune through ruthless and dishonest means. |
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| Capitalism / Free Enterprise System |
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| Freedom of private business to operate with little regulation (control) of the government. |
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| Cities / the growth of cities. |
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| Made his fortune in the oil industry. |
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| Manufacturing began to replace farming and cottage indurties. |
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| Carried products, materials,people across the country. |
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| Method used for mass production of goods. Requires large numbers of unskilled laborers. |
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| A person who settles in a new country. |
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| Negative things that forced emigrants to leave their homelands. |
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| Positive things that attracted immigrants to the United States. |
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| A native-born American who wanted to eliminate foreign influence. They have a negative attitude toward foreigners. |
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| An apartment that is usually small, crowded, and run-down. It is located in a skyscraper. |
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| The process of blending into a society. |
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| Discriminatory law enacted in 1882 banning Chinese immigration to the U.S. for 10 years. |
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| Poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants to the United States. |
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| Processing center for European immigrants to the U.S. at the turn of the century. |
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| Processing center for Asian immigrants coming to the United States. |
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| Political cartoonist who exposed Boss Tweed |
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| Took photographs of child labor and exposed them. |
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| Journalists who expose problems and corruption in society. |
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| Law that creates regulations (laws) to clean-up food packing plants. |
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| A suffragist / suffragette |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's nickname |
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| Law passed in 1890 that made it illegal for corporations to gain control of industries by forming trusts. |
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| Makes the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol illegal. |
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