Question

Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A) Match each titan of industry with their corresponding business empire. (4 points)  Railroad Transportation  Automobile Manufacturing  Steel Industry  Oil Industry  Banking and Finance


Workers faced dangerous conditions including ______ hours and ____ pay.
A) Select the correct answer(s) from the list(s). (2 points) flexible, short, long. low, fair, high.

The transcontinental railroads impacted the West by bringing ________ and economic development.
A) Select the correct answer(s) from the list(s). (1 point) Settlers Technology, wealth

A) Put these Reconstruction policies in chronological order from the beginning of the period. (4 points)
 Passage of 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
 Implementation of Black Codes
 Presidential Reconstruction under Lincoln
 Radical Republican policies

A) Evaluate how the economic changes during Reconstruction affected different groups of people in the South. Write your answer
in 3 short sentences. (5 points)

A) Explain how sharecropping created economic problems for both farmers and landowners in the post-Civil War South. Write your
answer in 3 short sentences. (5 points)

A) Explain the connection between poll taxes, literacy tests, and the goal of limiting voting rights. Write your answer in 3 short
sentences. (5 points)

Answer 1

1) Matches:
- Henry Ford — Automobile Manufacturing
- Andrew Carnegie — Steel Industry
- J.P. Morgan — Banking and Finance
- John D. Rockefeller — Oil Industry
- Cornelius Vanderbilt — Railroad Transportation

2) Workers faced dangerous conditions including long hours and low pay.

3) The transcontinental railroads impacted the West by bringing settlers and wealth (economic development).

4) Chronological order (from the beginning):
1. Presidential Reconstruction under Lincoln
2. Implementation of Black Codes
3. Radical Republican policies
4. Passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

5) How economic changes during Reconstruction affected different groups (3 sentences):
Many freedpeople gained legal freedom but faced limited economic opportunities and were often forced into low-paying labor or sharecropping. Poor white Southerners also struggled as the plantation economy collapsed and jobs were scarce. Wealthy planters lost capital and labor control, while Northern investors and industry profited unevenly, concentrating benefits away from most locals.

6) How sharecropping created economic problems for both farmers and landowners (3 sentences):
Sharecroppers became trapped in a cycle of debt because they borrowed seed and supplies on credit and gave a large share of crops to landowners, leaving little to sell. Landowners relied on sharecropping for labor but received inconsistent yields and had to extend credit, exposing them to financial risk. The system reduced overall agricultural productivity and kept both groups economically dependent and vulnerable.

7) Connection between poll taxes, literacy tests, and limiting voting rights (3 sentences):
Poll taxes and literacy tests were implemented as ostensibly neutral rules that, in practice, prevented many Black people and poor whites from voting. Officials enforced these measures selectively and often added subjective barriers, effectively disenfranchising targeted groups. The result was a sharp reduction in political power and representation for those populations.