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13 th amendment – abolished slavery in U.S.
14
th
amendment – established freeman’s citizenship
(birth right citizenship)
15 th amendment – gave black men the right to vote
Exodusters – ex-slaves who moved from states along MS
River to Kansas, Oklahoma, & Colorado to escape KKK &
Jim Crow Laws.
Freedman’s Bureau – provided basic necessities for ex
slaves 1 established schools 2 found jobs 3 share
cropping – land owner provides tools & seeds,
sharecropper provides labor. 4 black churches 5 black
business 6 joined military (buffalo soldier) 7 construction
John Wilkes Booth – Assassinated Abraham Lincoln – was
shot down in a barn shoot out 1 week after he killed
Lincoln
U.S. Grant – Republican president during collapse of
Republican rule in South. (1868) most popular man in the
nation. Re-elected in 1872
Rutherford B. Hayes – Republican President Candidate of
1876. Lost the popular vote but was declared winner in
exchange for withdrawal of federal troops in the south,
marking the end of Reconstruction.

Black Codes – restricted freedom to freedman 1 black
men couldn’t vote 2 couldn’t run for office 3 couldn’t run
against white men in court.
American Federation of Labor – Union for skilled workers.
Founded by Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers – President of the AFL; focused on
higher wages, shorter hours, & better working conditions.
Knights of Labor – 1869; 1
st
national union; open to ALL
Workers. Boycott & put pressure on employers.
Great Uprising of 1877 – First organized strike due to pay
cuts by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad – President Hayes sent
federal troops to protect railroad property which let to
riots across the nation. Left 100 dead & wages remained
the same.
Homestead Steel Strike – Frick, Carnegie’s Manager,
kicked out the union. Blockaded them off & this led to a
violent strike leaving many dead, Pinkerton’s surrendered
& Union defeated.
Pullman Strike – Strike against Pullman Palace car co. by
the American railway union under Eugene V. Debs.
President Grover Cleveland uses the excuse “mail must
be delivered” to send federal troops to break the strike.

Eugene Debs – founded American Railway Union
Industrial Workers of the World – Radical union organized
in Chicago in 1905. Wobblies – nickname. Opposition to
WWi led to destruction by federal gov. under espionage
act.
Andrew Carnegie – Steel magnate who believed general
public benefited from big business even if companies had
harsh practices. (horizontal monopoly)
John D. Rockefeller – Founded the Standard Oil Company
of Ohio – Perfected idea of a holding company. (Vertical
Monopoly)
Cornelius Vanderbelt – consolidated several railroad
companies into one vast railroad New York Central
Railroad.