Big Business
This company used the assembly line to produce cars
Ford Motor Company
This system allowed prisoners to work for private businesses after the Civil War.
The Convict Leasing System
This amendment ended slavery in the United States
13th
This production method moves products from worker to worker so each person does one job.
Assembly Line
This time period was when machines began to replace hand tools in factories.
Industrial Revolution
Big businesses helped the United States by creating many of these for people
Jobs
Most prisoners in this system were sent to work in places such as
farms and railroads
This amendment says that people born in the United States are citizens
14th
Assembly lines helped factories make products faster and cheaper during this time period.
Industrial Revolution
During the Industrial Revolution, many people moved from farms to _____ to find jobs.
cities
What vocabulary word is this defining?
Each worker specializes and becomes an expert at one small task.
Specialization
Many historians say this system treated prisoners unfairly and was similar to...
Slavery
This amendment says men cannot be denied the right to vote because of race.
15th
This famous American car company used assembly lines to produce cars quickly.
Ford
______ production was especially important during these times.
Steel
What vocabulary word is this defining?
Cars could be made much faster. Ford's factory could make a car every 90 minutes.
Mass Production
This group of people was most often affected by the convict leasing system in the South.
African Americans
These three amendments together are sometimes called this because they expanded rights after the Civil War.
Reconstruction Amendments
The assembly line made this product affordable for many American families.
Automobiles
The industrial revolution took place between these 2 events.
The Civil War and World War 1
What vocabulary word is this defining?
Each worker along the assembly line did one small part of a big job
Division of Labor
These 2 individuals owned large sugarcane plantations in Fort Bend County following Emancipation
L.A. Ellis and Edward Cunningham
These amendments were added to the Constitution after this major war.
Civil War
In 1913 this person started the moving assembly line for automobiles.
Henry Ford
________ invented the telephone in 1876.