Document that was issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves of the Confederacy.
John Dewey
American philosopher and educator, he led the philosophical movement called Pragmatism. Influenced by evolution, he believed that only reason and knowledge could be used to solve problems.
Pacific Railways Act
Acts passed by the U.S. Congress in 1862 and 1864.
Second Industrial Revolution
1871-1914 resulted in mass society.
Mugwumps
Republicans who changed their vote during the 1884 election from Blaine to Cleveland.
Appomattox
Site where Lee surrendered to Grant.
Panic of 1873
Unrestrained speculation on the railroads let to disaster - inflation and strikes by railroad workers
. Sears, Roebuck and Company
Founded in Chicago, Illinois as a catalog merchandiser.
Ghost Dance
A millennialist spiritual movement among Native Americans in the United States that began toward the end of 1888 and reached its peak just before the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890
