During Reconstruction, the US government was mainly focused on the question of rights for _________________________________.

President Abraham Lincoln wanted to reunite the nation as quickly as possible.

Literacy tests, poll taxes and the grandfather clause was put into effect To PREVENT African Americans from voting.

The Radical Republicans wanted...

The principle of "separate but equal" established by the Supreme Court in the Plessy v. Ferguson case justified _________________.

The House of Representatives failed to impeach President Andrew Johnson.

Which supported the operation of "separate but equal"?

Segregation means that African Americans did not have access to the same public facilities as whites.

During the Industrial Revolution...

The theory of laissez faire economics was used during the late 1800's to...

The growth of American cities led to development of tenement housing, growth of political machines, increase in crime.

Most people purchase shares of stock in a corporation in order to share in corporate profits.

During the Progressive Era, reforms were created to...

Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" in 1906 which led Congress to...

The primary goal of the muckrakers was to change immigration patterns in the U.S.

During the late 1800's and early 1900's the main reason for prejudice against new immigrants was...

A common belief among nativists in the late 1800's and early 1900's was that America is for Americans.

The use of governmental force to put down the Pullman strike demonstrated the government's early tendency to side with factory workers.