Reconstruction
Required 10% of a state's population to swear a loyalty oath to the union
Lincoln's 10% Plan
Amendment that abolished slavery
13th
The Bessemer Process allowed for the cheap production of this
Steel
The Chinese Exclusion Act banned this group of people
Chinese Laborers
A system where farmers grew on a landowner's plot of land in exchange for a portion of the crop
Sharecropping
This group was established to help former slaves
Freedman's Bureau
Stated citizens may not be prevented from voting because of race or previous status as a slave
15th
George Pullman made his fortune by inventing one of the first types of these
Railroad sleeper cars
This immigration processing station was more difficult to get into than it's counterpart
Angel Island
Laws that were put in place to limit the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction
Black Codes
Johnson was impeached for violating this
The Tenure of Office Act
This amendment guaranteed all citizens their rights granted under the Bill of Rights
14th
This man founded Standard
John D. Rockefeller
Immigration, particularly into New York was much laxer during the Industrial Revolution due to this
Need for labor
What is the most basic reason the South needed cheap labor in the form of sharecropping
Agricultural production and prices depended on cheap labor
This bill required a majority of a state's population to swear a loyalty oath to the Union and give the vote to African American men
Wade Davis Bill
Although often ignored in the South, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment did this
Laid the groundwork for future civil rights movements
New cities were able to be built across the United States thanks to this
Transcontinental railroads/the transportation revolution
This immigration station dealt with mostly European immigrants
Ellis Island
Name given to Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction for financial gain
Carpetbaggers
This faction of the popular political party fought for African American rights
Radical Republicans
The Bill of rights covers these amendments
1-10
Big business was supported heavily by the governments policy of inaction with this economic policy
Laissez-faire Economics
This Union, which fizzled out in the aftermath of the Haymarket Riot, included all types of unskilled workers
Knights of Labor
This event marked the end of Federal troops occupying the south
Compromise of 1877