Vocab 20

Question 0

The right as states to limit the power of the federal government

Answer 0

States’ rights

Question 1

Share of ownership in a corporation

Answer 1

Stock

Question 2

Act of replacing government officials with supporters of a newly elected President

Answer 2

Spoils system

Question 3

Religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the realities of slavery

Answer 3

Spirituals

Question 4

Person who invests in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit

Answer 4

Speculator

Question 5

Farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s

Answer 5

Sodbuster

Question 6

Organized attempts to improve conditions of life

Answer 6

Social reform

Question 7

Act of illegally importing or exporting goods

Answer 7

Smuggling

Question 8

One of a group of laws that controlled every aspect of enslaved African-Americans lives and denied basic rights

Answer 8

Slave code

Question 9

Military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender

Answer 9

Siege