Railroad workers were predominantly

What overall effect did the transcontinental railroad have on the United States?

Two groups of people that benefited from access to land made available by the Homestead Act that normally could not own property were ________

What is one way the government helped farmers settle on the plains?

A transcontinental railroad...

to absorb a group into the culture of another population

What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?

When Lincoln was killed, he became president.

 What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

Era of rebuilding after the Civil War; Readmitting the Confederate states into the Union

Series of laws that restricted the rights of Freedmen

Controlled Congress during Reconstruction; Wanted to use Reconstruction as a way to punish the South

Restricted by southern states through Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and Grandfather Clause

To formally charge the president with a crime...

What impact did the Industrial Revolution have on cities?

Which word is used to describe the migration of people from rural areas to cities?

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

Which of the following were causes of the Second Industrial Revolution? (Check all that apply)

Cheap, immigrant labor, new technology, and the growth of cities all led to-

____________________ came from southeastern Europe and Asia, didn't speak English, and had diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.

Which of the following would be a PUSH factor?

What kinds of jobs did most new immigrants take once they arrived in the US?

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

What is pictured above?

New immigrants coming from Europe were processed at _________________________ before entering the US.

Philanthropists

Free enterprise is

Well known for his presence in the Banking Industry

Eliminated the competition and built the Standard Oil Company.

Monopoly

After his retirement, Andrew Carnegie donated most of his money (over $350 million) to establish schools, libraries and universities.

In 1901 JP Morgan's US Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world. The size and productivity allowed the United States to compete globally against other industrialized countries like Great Britain and Germany

In response to a strike at Carnegie's Homestead (Pennsylvania) Steel Plant in 1892, Carnegie and his plant manager Henry Frick hired a private security company, the Pinkertons, to help break the strike, leading to ten dead union workers and hundreds of injuries

In 1895, at the depth of the Panic of 1893, JP Morgan loaned the US Treasury $65 million in gold to help safeguard the collapse of the US Government

John D Rockefeller often resorted to using spies and extortion to influence railroads to work in his favor by offering kickbacks and rebates that were denied to his competitors

By 1890, the richest 9% of Americans held over 75% of the nation's wealth. The average income for a factory workers was $380 a year, whereas Andrew Carnegie had a yearly income of $25 million

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.