Vocabulary
a period of social and political rebuilding after the U.S. Civil War
Reconstruction
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What is the primary purpose of labor unions?
To negotiate better wages and working conditions for its members
What did the Jim Crow laws legalize?
Segration
Who won the presidential election of 1876?
Hays
The economic changes of the late 1700s when large scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main from of work
Industrialization
List the 3 “Reconstruction Amendments”.
13th, 14th, and 15th
Who is credited with creating the first moving assembly line for mass production?
Henry Ford
What major event left political chaos across the country just 4 days after the Confederacy surrendered in the Civil War?
Lincoln's Assassination
Where did Lincoln get shot?
Ford's Theater
the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments passed during Reconstruction to help former slaves
Reconstruction Amendments
What was the main goal of Reconstruction in the United States?
To reunite the country and integrate the Southern states back into the Union
What was the first mass-produced item using an assembly line?
Automobile
policy used in the south to deny voting rights to African Americans
Grandfather Clause
Rutherford B. Hayes was supported by who during his presidential race?
Republicans in the north
nickname given to the Northerners who moved South to profit during Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers
Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the United States during the Reconstruction era?
13th
What significant effect did the assembly line have on the cost of products?
What was the significance of the Compromise of 1877 in the context of Reconstruction?
It ended reconstruction
Who replaced Abraham Lincoln after his assassination?
Andrew Johnson
term for southerners who supported reconstruction, seen as traitors in the south
Scalawags
List the 3 plans that were proposed to guide the Reconstruction era?
Lincoln's, Johnsons, and Radical Republicans
How does an assembly line typically work?
Products move from worker to worker, each adding something until the product is complete
Who were the two presidential candidates for the election of 1876?
Tilden and Hays
What play was Lincoln watching while he got shot?
Our American cousin