rebuilding
This amendment gave Black men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
What factory method involved workers repeating the same task over and over?
Assembly line
The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South.
Reconstruction
What can we assume about factory owners in the late 1800s? They were likely very what?
Wealthy
Which of the following is the best word to describe crowded urban housing conditions in the late 1800s?
Overcrowded
What organizations formed to improve wages and working conditions for workers?
Labor unions
What was the phenomenon called when large numbers of people moved to cities?
Urbanization
What economic system dominated the United States in the late 19th century?
Capitalism
Which major economic change led to the growth of factories and cities in the late 19th century?
Industrialization
What system kept many farmers, especially African Americans, in debt after Reconstruction?
Sharecropping