US History Semester Review Part 1

4. Complete control over an industry or market by one company.
6. Inventor of the phonograph, the light bulb, and other innovations.
8. A revolutionary method for producing steel cheaply and efficiently.
10. Signed on July 4th, 1776, the US declared itself free from Britain. It says all people deserve “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
11. Inventor of the telephone.
12. The manufacture of goods in large quantities, often using assembly lines.
13. Organizations formed by workers to advocate for better wages and working conditions.
14. Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.
16. Johnson The 17th U.S. President who faced impeachment during Reconstruction.
18. The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
20. The post-Civil War period aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves into society.
21. John D. Rockefeller’s company that dominated the oil industry.
23. Political group that pushed for harsh measures against the South during Reconstruction.
24. Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
26. Violent 1892 labor conflict at a steel plant in Pennsylvania.
28. A deadly labor protest in Chicago in 1886 that turned public opinion against unions.
29. Federal agency created to aid freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
31. The assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

1. Large businesses or organizations that operate as a single entity.
2. The status granted by the 14th Amendment to anyone born or naturalized in the U.S.
3. Laws passed in Southern states to restrict African Americans’ freedoms after the Civil War.
5. 1882 law that banned Chinese immigration to the U.S.
7. Pioneer of assembly-line production and the Model T car.
9. Industrialist who dominated the steel industry and promoted philanthropy.
13. Exams used to disenfranchise African American voters during the Jim Crow era.
15. The entry point for millions of immigrants arriving in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
17. Inventors of the first successful powered airplane.
19. An early labor organization that sought to organize all workers.
22. - America’s framework of government, it establishes a system with three co-equal branches of government.
25. An economic system based on private ownership and free markets.
27. Overcrowded urban housing for poor immigrant families.
30. The affordable car produced by Henry Ford’s assembly line.