US. History Vocabulary Chapter Two Study

Question 1

RECONSTRUCTION

Answer 1

THE PERIOD AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WHEN THE SOUTHERN STATES WERE READMITTED TO THE UNION AND THE COUNTRY WAS “REBUILT.” (P. 29)

Question 2

THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT

Answer 2

THE AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT OUTLAWED SLAVERY IN THE U.S. IN 1865 (P. 29)

Question 3

BLACK CODES

Answer 3

LAWS PASSED BY THE SOUTHERN STATES AFTER THE CIVIL WAR THAT LIMITED THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF NEWLY FREE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH (P. 30)

Question 4

REPUBLICANS

Answer 4

THE POLITICAL PARTY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN DURING THE WAR THAT BECAME DIVIDED OVER THE ISSUE OF RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE WAR (P. 31)

Question 5

RADICAL REPUBLICANS

Answer 5

REPUBLICANS THAT WANTED TO GIVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS THEIR FULL CIVIL RIGHTS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND SLAVERY ENDED. THEY WANTED TO PUNISH THE SOUTH AFTER THE WAR. (P. 31)

Question 6

FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT

Answer 6

AN AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT DEFINED U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND GUARANTEED ALL CITIZENS RIGHTS (EXAMPLE: EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW) (P. 31)

Question 7

FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT

Answer 7

AN AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT PROHIBITED THE DENIAL OF SUFFRAGE (THE RIGHT TO VOTE) ON THE BASIS OF RACE. (P. 32)

Question 8

SUFFRAGE

Answer 8

THE RIGHT TO VOTE (SEE 15TH AMENDMENT FOR CONTEXT) (P. 32)

Question 9

CARPETBAGGERS

Answer 9

A DEROGATORY TERM FOR NORTHERN POLITICIANS THAT MOVED TO THE SOUTH AFTER THE WAR AND BEGAN TO TAKE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENTS IN THE “NEW SOUTH” (P. 33)

Question 10

SHARECROPPING

Answer 10

ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY SOUTHERN PLANTATION OWNERS AND THEIR FORMER SLAVES TO RENT A CABIN, A MULE, TOOLS, AND LAND TO THEM IN EXCHANGE FOR A “SHARE” OF THE “CROPS” THEY GREW (P. 34)

Question 11

AFRICAN-AMERICAN MIGRATION

Answer 11

THE INCREASED MOVEMENT OF FORMER SLAVES/AFRICAN-AMERICANS OUT OF THE SOUTH DURING RECONSTRUCTION (P. 34)

Question 12

DEBT PEONAGE

Answer 12

A TYPE OF SERVITUDE THAT MANY FREEDMEN (NEWLY FREED BLACKS) FOUND THEMSELVES IN WHEN THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR RENTS AND OWED DEBT TO THEIR LANDLORDS ON TENANT FARMS (P. 34,35)

Question 13

KU KLUX KLAN

Answer 13

A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT BEGAN IN THE SOUTH DURING RECONSTRUCTION THAT THREATED VIOLENCE ON ANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT ATTEMPTED TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS (P. 36)

Question 14

NADIR

Answer 14

THE “LOWEST POINT” OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD WHEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS SAW THEIR BASIC CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS BEING DEPRIVED OF THEM. (P.36)

Question 15

JIM CROW LAWS

Answer 15

LAWS ESTABLISHED BY NEW WHITE STATE GOVERNMENTS IN THE SOUTH THAT SEGREGTATED BLACKS FROM WHITES IN PUBLIC PLACES (P.37)

Question 16

When are we done

Answer 16

soon when 100 percent