The Gilded age:crossword puzzle

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  1. 6. A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported the Reconstruction governments.
  2. 8. The legislation passed in 1882 that banned almost all immigration from a specific Asian country for decades.
  3. 11. The U.S intervention conflict with a European power in 1898 that resulted in the US gaining territories like Puerto Rico and Guam.
  4. 14. MASSACRE, The massacre of approximately 300 Lakota Indians by the U.S. Army and 1890 marking the end of the Indian Wars.
  5. 17. the aggressive program to rebuild Southern society and governments after the Civil War, often involving military occupation and major policy changes.
  6. 18. the period from 1870 to 1900, characterized by rapid economic growth ,industrialization, and political corruption.
  7. 19. A peace treaty condition that gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs to preserve order.
  8. 20. Laws passed in the South after the Civil War, that severely restricted African Americans lives, prohibiting things like carrying weapons or serving on juries.
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  1. 1. A sensationalist style of reporting used in the late 1800s to influence public opinion, often credited with fueling the push for war with Spain.
  2. 2. a regiment of volunteer cavalry led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American war.
  3. 3. A group of writers and journalists in the early 1900s who exposed corruption in business and government.
  4. 4. The completion of this massive infrastructure project in 1869 connected to East and the West Coast of the United States.
  5. 5. The political movement that favored the interest of established, native -born Americans over those of immigrants.
  6. 7. The nickname given to wealthy, powerful industrialists like Carnegie and Rockefeller by critics who viewed their business practices as exploitative.
  7. 9. The 1890 law that allows citizens to claim 160 acres of public land if they lived on it and improved it for 5 years.
  8. 10. The federal agency established to aid former slaves and poor whites in the South by providing food, clothing, education, and legal help.
  9. 12. A system in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops; it kept many former slaves in debt.
  10. 13. A derogatory term used by Southerners to describe Northerners who moved South after the Civil War, often being viewed as opportunists.
  11. 15. Legislation that effectively ended tribal ownership of land and forced individual Native Americans to adopt private property ownership.
  12. 16. the economic system where one person or company has complete control over a marker or industry.