Reconstruction Era Vocabulary Review | Key Terms and Concepts with Important People
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Dive into the crucial vocabulary of the Reconstruction era with definitions of terms such as amnesty, black codes, freedmen, and key figures like Andrew Johnson and Blanche Bruce.
Reconstruction Era Vocabulary Review | Key Terms and Concepts with Important People
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Reconstruction Trivia Vocabulary, Key Events, and Important People Review
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Forgiveness granted by the government to a group of people • Amnesty
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Man who becomes President after the assassination of Lincoln • Andrew Johnson
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War • Black Codes
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Former slave who became a Senator after the Civil War • Blanche Bruce
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • A negative nickname for a northern white who went to the South after the Civil War to start a business or pursue a political career • Carpetbagger
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Former minister who became the 1st African American Senator • Hiram Revels
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Men and women who were legally freed from slavery after the Civil War • Freedmen
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Black man arrested for sitting in a white coach • Homer Plessy
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Law that excused a voter from a literacy test if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867 • Grandfather Clause
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Famous actor who assassinated President Lincoln • John Wilkes Booth
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Process of bringing formal charges against a government official • Impeachment
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Plan saying that as soon as 10% of the voters swear an oath to loyalty a state may be readmitted to the Union • Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Exam to see if a person can read and write; used in the South to restrict voting rights • Literacy Test
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Organization created to provide emergency relief to those displaced by the war • Freedmen’s Bureau
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Personal tax to be paid before voting • Poll Tax
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Amendment stating that there will no longer be slavery in the United States • 13th Amendment
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Southern white who opposed secession • Scalawag
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Amendment stating that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens • 14th Amendment
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Enforced separation of the races • Segregation
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Amendment stating that no state can stop someone from voting based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude • 15th Amendment
The following is the definition of what vocabulary word? • Person who rents a plot of land and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop • Sharecropper
