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- The Ku Klux Klan was the military arm of the Democratic Party in the South.
- The Freedmen's Bureau resembled some government social policies that would be used during the New Deal of the 1930s.
- In Mississippi in 1875 and South Carolina in 1876, armed Democrats used violence to prevent African-Americans from voting.
- The Fifteenth Amendment ensured the right to vote no matter a person's race or gender.
- As part of the Bargain of 1877, incoming President Grant agreed to stop using troops to protect African-Americans.
- What benefit did Republicans see in having Andrew Johnson run as Abraham Lincoln's vice president in 1864?
- What did the freedman request in their "Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedman to Andrew Johnson" in 1865
- What term best describes the merging of multiple businesses in the same industry?
- What is the process called in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages and working conditions?
- What was the first federal agency that monitored business operations and was created in 1887 to oversee interstate railroads?
- What are communities in which residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing and goods called?
- Many factory jobs for new immigrants and migrants were located in cities near transportation routes which led to a growth in what between 1860 and 1900?
- What are a group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board in order to form a monopoly?
- What was the main purpose of legislation like the Sherman Anti-Trust Act or Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
- Who began the first modern industrial research laboratory and invented the battery and the lightbulb?
- What organization was formed with the goal of broad social reform for laborers?
- What are small factories where employees had to work long hours under poor conditions for little pay?
- What policy says the market place should have no regulations and natural selection governs business success or failure?
- Immigration after 1880 increased from which regions in Europe?
- What effect did the Gospel Wealth have on American society?