Effects of Reconstruction
What was Reconstruction?
Who was the man that assassinated President Lincoln?
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This time period addressed the rapid economic & social changes of from the Industrial Revolution?
What was the Progressive Era?
These are organizations that helped their members bargain for better conditions.
What are labor unions?
This individual was the first president to be assassinated?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This amendment stated that states could not deny anyone the right to vote on account of race, it only allowed African American MEN the right to vote?
What is the 15th Amendment?
This amendment forbids chattel slavery in the United States?
What is the 13th Amendment?
This is something people can buy shares of in a corporation?
What are stocks?
This is a social movement promoting the complete abstinence from drinking alcoholic beverages?
What is the Temperance Movement?
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Southern landowners used this system to trap people into unpaid labor contracts known as .... ?
What is the sharecropping system?
These are laws meant to restrict access and rights to African Americans?
What are the Black Codes?
This man transformed communication in America with this invention?
Who is Alexander Bell?
This amendment allowed (only white) women to vote?
What was the 19th Amendment?
This woman was an investigative journalist who reported on the domestic terrorism occurring in the South?
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This is a derogatory term used by the people to refer to government officials during Reconstruction that were Republican and also supported African American Rights?
What is a scalawag?
This was a federal agency set up to help out formerly enslaved people?
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
What is the term used to describe those who took advantage of workers in order to get rich?
What is a Robber Baron?
This is when business join together and limit competition?
What are trusts?
The election of this president in 1877 caused major issues because there was no clear winner?
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
This agreement addressed the issues in the 1877 election by stating that federal troops could be removed only if a certain Republican president was identified as the winner?
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This political group came into power wanted to use federal power to promote full citizenship for freed African Americans?
Who are the Radical Republicans?
This is the political philosophy that focused on meeting the needs of the common people?
What is Populism?
This Supreme Court Case determined that African Americans would be treated as “separate but equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This woman led a successful settlement house in Chicago by helping to bring awareness to social issues?
Who is Jane Addams?