| A | B |
|---|
| vertical intergration | acquiring control of all the steps required to change raw materials into finished products |
| andrew carnegie | made fortunes in the steel industry. he was a scotish immigrant |
| w.e.b. du bois | du bois was a pro fessor, author, and public speaker. |
| jim crow laws | lwas that seperated people of different races in public places in the south |
| lynching | illegal seizure and execution of someone of someone by a mob |
| collective bargaining | right of unions to nego tiate with management for workers as a group |
| dividend | share of a corporations profits |
| literacy test | examination to see if a person can read and write, used in the past to restrict voting |
| impeachment | to bring a formal charge of wrongdoing against the president or another public offical |
| pool | group of companies that divided up business in an area and fixed prices |
| hiram revels | a clergy man and teacher,became the nations first black senator in 1870(senator of mississippi) |
| consolidation | to combine, such as businesses |
| poll tax | tax required before a person can vote |
| discrimination | policy or attitude that denies equal rights and treatment to certain groups of people |
| samuel gompers | in 1886 organized a new union in columbus,ohio.was a cigar maker |
| triangle shirtwaist fire | fire in factory.150 people, mostly young women |
| scalawags | white southers who supported the republicans during reconstruction |
| president grant | attacked and captured Fort Henry and Fort Doneson in tennessee |
| network | system of connected lines, as in a network of railroad lines |
| freedmens bureau | the freedmens bureau gave food and clothing to find jobs for freedmen |
| grandfather clause | law that excused a voter from a literacy test if his granddad had been eligible to vote on january 1, 1867-protected the voting rights of southern whites but not those of southern blacks |
| pleesy vs. ferguson | the supreme court ruled that segragation was legal so long as facilities for blacks and whites were equal |
| 10% plan | proposed by abraham licoln in 1863. 10% pf voters must swear loyalty to the union. create freedmens bureau. must abolish slavery |
| carpet baggers | northerners who held goverment post in the south during the reconstruction period. these men usually carried bags made of carpet |
| conservatives | person who wants to keep conditions as they are or return them to the way they used to be |
| reconstruction act | the reconstruction act threwout the southern state goverments that had refused to ratify the 14tu amendment all the former confederate states except tennessee |
| Cornelius Vanderbuilt | The most powerful railroad baron. |
| Thadeus Stevens | Lead the radicals into the White House. |
| Charles Sumner | Was the chief of the radicals. |
| Stock | A share in a corporation |
| Radical Reconstruction | In 1867, republicans in congress prepared to take charge of reconstruction. |
| sweat shop | workplace where people labor long hous in poor conditions for low pay |
| reconstruction | refers to the building of the south after the war 1864-1877 |
| 13th amendment | Banned slavery throughout the nation. |
| 14th amendment | Granted citizenship to all people born in the US. |
| 15th amendment | Forbade any state to deny African Americans the right to vote because of their race. |
| Segregation | Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other reasons. |
| Anarchist | Person who opposes organized government. |
| Trust | Group of corporations run by a single board of directors. |
| Assembly Line | A method of production which workers add parts to a product as it moves along on a belt. (First presented by Henry Ford.) |
| Amnesty | Government pardon. (You're in trouble, like in jail, and the government lets you off the hook.) |
| Wade Davis Bill | A rival plan for reconstruction. It required a majority of white men in each southern state to swear loyalty to the union. |
| Mass Production | Making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply. |
| Hay Market Riot | Bombs were exploding, killing 8 people. |
| Thomas Edison | In 1876, he opened a research laboratory in Menlo Park New Jersey. He got the nickname "Wizard of Menlo Park." |
| A.F.OL | Opened to skilled workers only. |
| Monopoly | A company that controls ALL or nearly all of the businesses of an industry. |
| Black Codes | Laws that severely limited the rights of freed men after the civil war. |
| Corporation | A business that is owned by investors |
| Strike Breaker | Replacement for striking workers. |
| Booker T. Washington | Did many experiments with peanuts. Also invented peanut butter and more. |
| Knights of Labor | The union was opened to skilled workers only. |
| Terrence Powderly | President of the House of Labor |
| John D. Rockefeller | A multi-millionaire who dominated the entire oil industry |
| Freedmen | Man or woman who had been a slave. |
| Henry Ford | Made motor car. Introduced assembly line 1913 |
