History Exam Cards Trimester 1

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Equality

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The state of having the same privileges, rights, status ,and opportunities as other

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Rights

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a power or privilege granted by an agreement among people or by law

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Liberty

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Freedom

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Opportunity

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the chance for advancement or progress

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Democracy

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a system of government in which the power to rule comes from the consent of the governed

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Reconstruction

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The period of time that America reconstructed after the civil war

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Andrew Johnson

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The president after Lincoln

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13th Amendment

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the amendment that abolished slavery

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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These groups of people help the former slaves and poor whites

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Black Codes

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This law restricted the freedom and opportunities of African Americans

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Radical Republicans

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This group of people lead by Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens wanted the country belt on the thought that there is equality for all

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14th Amendment

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This allowed equality for all Americans

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Carpetbaggers

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This northerners came down to the south and help with the construction and made great fortune

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Scalawags

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The last group of people that made up the vote for the northerners

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15th Amendment

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The law said that all American can vote

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Segregation

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The split of things in public place by race or color

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Tenant Farming

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when farmers would split their land to other workers. Sometimes they had to pay crops as cash rent the land

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Sharecropping

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This was when black would work on farms because they couldn’t have land of their own. This wasn’t a great idea

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Ku Klux Klan

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People that oppose black equality

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Voting Restrictions (Poll Tax, Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clause)

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): These were way that restricted black folks to vote. Some states passed laws that you had to pay to vote, that you had to have grandparent that lived in North America, and you had to take a test .

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Jim Crow Laws

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This segregated whites from blacks in public places. This made the country seprate but equal

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Transcontinental Railroad

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a railroad that spans the continent

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Resources and Technologies from the Industrial Age

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Telegraph. Telephones, light bulb, cars, and airplanes

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Telegraph. Telephones, light bulb, cars, and airplanes

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A line that one person does one part of the prject

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Factors of Production

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land, labor, and capital

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Capital

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any financial asset

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Corporations

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Any company open to the public

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Monopoly

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a company that completely dominates a particular industry

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Trusts

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A bunch of companies mange by a group of people called trustees

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Big Business

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Any business that is doing well

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Horizontal Integration

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a cooperation expansion strategy that involves joining together many forms firms from the same industry as possible

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Vertical Integration

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a cooperation expansion strategy that involves controlling each step in production and distributing of a product, from acquiring raw materials to manufacturing, packaging, and shipping

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Laissez-Faire Capitalism

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The best company will survive

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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This law that stop monopolies, trust, and other type that restricts trade

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The Gilded Age

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That everything wasn’t as good as it seemed

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Robber Barons

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Big Business People