Unit 3 Chapter 10

Question 1

Radical Republicans

Answer 1

Did not want peace with the South, hated slavery and discrimination.

Question 2

Wade-Davis Bill

Answer 2

Bill led by the Radical Republicans to balance power and abolish slavery.

Question 3

Pocket Veto

Answer 3

An indirect veto. Lincoln did this to the Wade-Davis bill.

Question 4

Freedman’s Bureau

Answer 4

Tasks of feeding and clothing war refugees in the south using surplus army supplies.

Question 5

Black codes

Answer 5

A series of laws that severely limited rights for African Americans.

Question 6

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Answer 6

Act that attempted to overturn Black Codes. This granted citizenship of all people in US except Native Americans and declared that they would all be treated equally and have property rights.

Question 7

14th Amendment

Answer 7

Granted citizenship to all people born in the US.

Question 8

Impeach

Answer 8

A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.

Question 9

15th Amendment

Answer 9

Allowed African Americans to vote and be involved in politics.

Question 10

Carpetbagger

Answer 10

Southern Democrats name for the newcomers because some came with suitcases made of carpet fabric.

Question 11

Scalawag

Answer 11

Southerners who joined the Northern Republicans.

Question 12

Graft

Answer 12

Bribes that corrupt politicians took.

Question 13

KKK

Answer 13

African American hate group.

Question 14

Sin Tax

Answer 14

A tax on a specific activity or good that is considered harmful to society. Like alcohol and tobacco.

Question 15

Horace Greeley

Answer 15

American newspaper editor and publisher. Founded the New-York Tribune.

Question 16

“Whiskey Ring”

Answer 16

Controversy over the sin-tax on alcohol.

Question 17

Panic of 1873

Answer 17

Bad railroad investments had caused the stock market to plummet causing thousands of businesses to close.
Economic Downturn

Question 18

Compromise of 1877

Answer 18

The removal of all federal troops from the former Confederate States.

Question 19

“New South”

Answer 19

An economic shift in the South.

Question 20

Tenant Farmer

Answer 20

Farmers working on rented land.

Question 21

Sharecropper

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Crop Lien

Answer 22

A credit system mostly used by cotton farmers.

Question 23

Debt Peonage

Answer 23

A system where an employer forces a worker to pay off debt with more work.