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  Reconstruction and Western Conquest
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  • Relate the reconstruction differences between the northern and southern states.
  • Discuss the effectiveness of the administrations of Presidents Johnson and Grant.
  • Define the term “Black Codes.”
  • Describe the intents of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments.
  • Contrast the spoils system and the civil service system.
  • Assess the Homestead Act of 1862.
  • Describe the reasons behind the purpose and passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
  • State the reason behind the formation of vigilante groups.

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  Industrialization and the Emergence of American Cities
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  • List some of the more important inventions, discoveries, and innovations of the 19th century.
  • Describe how the railroad helped with industrialization.
  • Relate how the workforce source determined the wages paid.
  • Discuss the purposes of unions and the initial failure of strikes.
  • Argue the validity of Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest.
  • Contrast assimilation and exclusion of immigrants.
  • Discuss the features of an urban machine.
  • Describe how leisure differed amongst the elite, middle, and low-income urbanites.

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