Reconstruction Terms

Question 1

the time following the Civil War (1865-1877) in which the Confederate states would be brought back into the Union.

Answer 1

Reconstruction

Question 2

to free

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Emancipation

Question 3

African Americans that were no longer enslaved

Answer 3

Freedmen/Freedpeople

Question 4

easy punishment

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Lenient

Question 5

military rule

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Martial Law

Question 6

to cancel

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veto

Question 7

to overturn

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Override

Question 8

to press charges against a public official with misconduct

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Impeachment

Question 9

to free someone from a criminal change with a not guilty verdict

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Acquaint

Question 10

to approve

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Ratify

Question 11

the holding of an office or job

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Tenure

Question 12

the right to vote

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Enfranchisement

Question 13

money paid in order to vote

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Poll tax

Question 14

tests designed to prevent African Americans from voting

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Literacy tests

Question 15

an exception allowed for whites so they wouldn’t have to pay poll taxes or take literacy tests to vote

Answer 15

Grandfather Clause

Question 16

Southern communities and state passed laws to separate whites and African Americans to create a caste-type of society in which African Americans could not access economic, social, or political opportunities- these laws came to be known as “Jim Crow” laws

Answer 16

Racial Segregation

Question 17

state and local laws that required separation between whites and blacks. These laws denied African Americans access to social, political, and economic opportunities, lasting for about 100 years.

Answer 17

Jim Crow Laws