Reconstruction Politics
This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Remember, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave natural citizenship. The 15th Amendment allowed the right to vote.
Which invention made steel production cheaper and faster?
Bessemer Process.
The Bessemer process is the first industrial method for mass-producing steel inexpensively
What law limited Asian immigration to the U.S. in 1882?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Who founded Hull House and worked in settlement houses to help immigrants?
Jane Addams
The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all tried to solve what issue?
Slavery in new territories
What did Radical Republicans want for former Confederates after the Civil War?
Harsh punishment and strict requirements for rejoining the Union.
Radical Republicans and President Johnson disagreed on many issues following the Civil War.
Which inventor predicted that telephones would one day be in every home?
Alexander Graham Bell
How did the experiences of Asian immigrants in the West differ from Europeans in the East?
They faced greater discrimination and restrictions on entry
What was the main method muckrakers used to fight corruption?
Exposing problems through journalism
What was the main economic foundation of the North before the Civil War?
Industry, factories, and trade
Who did Southerners call “carpetbaggers”?
Northerners who moved South after the war to profit
How did railroad monopolies hurt farmers in the late 1800s?
They charged high prices to ship crops to markets
What problem did overcrowded housing and poor sanitation in cities cause?
Public health problems
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin contribute to the Civil War?
It showed the evils of slavery and stirred Northern opposition
What was the main economic foundation of the South before the Civil War?
Plantation agriculture and slave labor
Why did Radical Republicans disagree with Johnson’s pardon proclamation?
It was too lenient and they wanted stricter punishments for Confederates
What was a direct economic result of the Second Industrial Revolution?
The rise of monopolies in major industries
Why did many immigrants live in ethnic neighborhoods in cities?
To preserve culture and find community in a foreign land
What was the long-term purpose of settlement houses?
To provide services like education and aid for poor immigrants
What was one major result of the Bessemer Process and cheaper steel?
Rapid industrialization and growth of railroads/skyscrapers
What was President Lincoln’s main goal for Reconstruction, as stated in his Second Inaugural Address?
To reunite the nation with compassion and leniency
Why did Congress pass the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887?
Railroads were monopolies that unfairly controlled shipping prices
What is “nativism”?
The belief that immigrants should be restricted and native-born citizens prioritized
Which movement worked to limit the power of political machines and monopolies?
Progressive Movement
What conclusion can be drawn from the list of African American inventors (Granville Woods, Sarah Goode, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Morgan)?
African Americans made significant contributions to the Second Industrial Revolution