Across
- 6. American steel industry, Carnegie Steel Company, controlled the U.S. steel market and related industries like mines and railroads.
- 10. An amendment that granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
- 11. A railroad that connected the eastern United States to the western territories, facilitating transportation and trade.
- 12. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
- 14. American businessman who built his wealth controlling the railroad industry.
- 15. State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States, creating a system of institutionalized discrimination.
- 16. A faction of the Republican Party that believed in harsh measures against the Southern states and advocated for equal rights for Black Americans.
- 17. A legal provision that allowed individuals to bypass literacy tests or poll taxes if their grandfathers had been eligible to vote before the Civil War, effectively excluding Black voters.
- 18. The person who killed Lincoln.
- 19. American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and founded JPMorgan Chase Bank
- 20. Powerful American industrialist or financier from the late 19th century who became wealthy through unethical business practices
Down
- 1. Founding and leading the Standard Oil Company
- 2. An amendment that granted African American men the right to vote, prohibiting the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race.
- 3. A law that provided land to settlers in the West, encouraging westward expansion and settlement.
- 4. A term describing the political alignment of Southern states with the Democratic Party following the Reconstruction era, often opposing civil rights for Black Americans.
- 5. Fees that individuals had to pay in order to vote, which were often used to prevent poor and minority citizens from voting.
- 7. Lincoln’s plan to help rebuild the south, the south was not to be punished too harshly
- 8. Tests that were used to determine a person's reading and writing skills, often used to disenfranchise Black voters.
- 9. His disagreement with the Radical Republicans in Congress about Reconstruction policies led to his removal from office.
- 13. investigative journalism that exposes corruption, scandals, and social injustices, particularly those of powerful businesses and government officials