American History Terms For Exams

Question 1

Emancipate

Answer 1

To free

Question 2

Habeas Corpus

Answer 2

Constitutional protection against unlawful inprisonment

Question 3

Draft

Answer 3

Required military service

Question 4

Reconstruction

Answer 4

Rebuilding of the south after the civil war

Question 5

Black codes

Answer 5

Laws used by southern states to control African Americans

Question 6

Scalawags

Answer 6

Southern whites who opposed succession

Question 7

Carpetbaggers

Answer 7

Northern whites that went to the south to start a buisness or run for a political office

Question 8

Grandfather Clause

Answer 8

It allowed a voter to avoid literacy test if his father of grandfather had been eligible to vote before 1876

Question 9

Segregation

Answer 9

The separation of races

Question 10

Sharecroppers

Answer 10

A laborer who works the land for the farmer who owns it, for a share value of the crop

Question 11

Imperialism

Answer 11

Building empires by imposing political and and economic control over the people around the world

Question 12

Militarism

Answer 12

Glorification of the military

Question 13

Nationalism

Answer 13

Pride in ones country

Question 14

Propoganda

Answer 14

Spread of info designed to win for a cause

Question 15

Communism

Answer 15

The idea that social classes and private property should be eliminated

Question 16

Armistice

Answer 16

A stop in fighting so peace talks can begin

Question 17

U-boat

Answer 17

German submarine

Question 18

Totalitarian state

Answer 18

A nation where one party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives

Question 19

Fascism

Answer 19

A political system based on militarism, blind loyalty, and extreme nationalism

Question 20

Appeasement

Answer 20

Giving in to aggression to avoid war

Question 21

Genocide

Answer 21

A attempt to wipe out an entire nation or group of people

Question 22

Ironclads

Answer 22

U-boats that were used for the first time in navy battles