| Term | Definition |
| The post civil war society is based on | mass consumption and mass labor |
| William Boss Tweed is indicative of what change | Corruption |
| Eminetn Domain | Federal right to take land from citizens for federal use |
| Subsidy | Payment of farmers for not growing certain crops |
| When was the transatlantic cable competed | 1866 |
| with the building of railroads came | massive commercial devolpment |
| John D, Rockefeller | Oil |
| Andrew Carnegie | Steel |
| J.P. Morgan | Banking an Finance |
| What was the Morrill Act of 1862 | Millions of Acres given away for schools |
| The new writers of this period differed from the past | Middle class |
| Why did periodicals become popular | Drawings and they were cheap |
| With is "realism" | truth |
| naturalism | focused on lower class people |