Chapter 22

Question 1

Mutual aid societies

Answer 1

Is an organization that provides mutual aid, benefits, or insurance

Question 2

Confiscate

Answer 2

To seize someone’s property with authority

Question 3

Pocket Veto

Answer 3

Is an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor, they don’t sign the bill until it’s too late for the bill to be dealt with

Question 4

Peonage

Answer 4

Debt slavery, is where an employer makes a worker pay off a debt with work

Question 5

Sharecropper

Answer 5

A tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent

Question 6

Scalawag

Answer 6

Is a southerner who supports the reconstruction and also supports the republicans

Question 7

Carpetbagger

Answer 7

Is someone from the north who moves to the south to either help with the reconstruction but in most cases it was for the person to make money or gain political office

Question 8

Andrew Johnson

Answer 8

17th president became president because of Lincolnshire assassination, was president from 1865-1869

Question 9

William Seward

Answer 9

Was a Secretary of State from 1861-1869, was appointed this position by Lincoln.

Question 10

Civil disabilities

Answer 10

Someone who had a legal right or privilege revoked as a result of a criminal act