Terms:
Industrialization – economic activity characterized by manufacturing of goods
mass production – the creation of large amounts of goods in a short time
specialization of labor – dividing up work for individuals to have specific tasks
corporations – large businesses that are owned by several people
urbanization – the migration of people to live in cities
immigration – moving from one’s homeland to live in another place
labor union – an organization formed by workers to provide for better working conditions
tenements – a building with several small apartments
free enterprise-an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control.
sweatshop-a place of work where workers earn very low wages in unhealthy conditions.

The Civil War Slide Show

This week we will discuss the aftermath of the Civil War and the Reconstruction of the United States afterwards

Terms:
Reconstruction Amendments– 3 amendments to the US Constitution designed to give blacks the right to freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote after the Civil War.
13th Amendment-outlawed slavery in all states, as well as peonage, where people were forced to work to pay off debts.
14th Amendment-granted citizenship and equal civil rights to anyone born in the US or anyone who wants to be a citizen of the US, including former slaves.
15th Amendment-gave all male citizens the right to vote, regardless of race, color, or former servitude.
Impeachment-to charge someone in public office with misconduct.
Freedman’s Bureau(1865-1872)-Congress’ plan to help 4,000,000 freed slaves transition to freedom. It provided food, education, and medical help. More than 1000 black schools were built during this time, including HBCU’s like Howard University and Morehouse College.
Carpetbaggers-a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. Many become politicians who could be bought off for vote for their causes.
Sharecropping-poor blacks and whites rented land from landowners, who overcharged them for the land and materials. This kept the poor blacks and whites from ever getting ahead where they could buy their own land.
Ku Klux Klan-a secret organization of whites who intimidated blacks by burning their homes and churches and committing violence against them.
Black Codes-laws passed to restrict the rights of freed African Americans.

Starting Thursday, we will be working on the Civil War project:

Here are the topics for the projects. Your team will have picked a topic by Thursday, so refer back to what your team wrote down for your team’s topic

Topics:

Daily lives of soldiers in the Civil War
Significant battles of the Civil War(Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville)
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
African soldiers and the Civil War
Medicine in the Civil War
Life of Ulysses S. Grant
Life of Robert E. Lee
Food in the Civil War
The Emancipation Proclamation
Sherman’s March to the Sea

Your project will be presented using Google slides, with words, pictures, and even music if you can master google slides!
Each group will have check in points, and each group will hold each other accountable. If any member if found to not be doing their part by the end of day 2, that person will be given a new project to complete by themselves.