VOCAB FIRST 9 WEEKS Flashcards
Popular Sovereignty
The states right to vote for themselves
Compromise
Agreement to soothe both sides.
Abolitionist
A person who is against slavery
Sectionalism
To personally identify with a region more than a nation
Fugitive
An escaped prisoner or slave
Secede
Exit/Leave
Arsenal
Area that stores weapons
Martyr
Person who dies for their beliefs
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
14th Amendment
Bans Discrimination
15th Amendment
All MEN can vote
19th Amendment
Women’s ability to vote
Suffrage
Ability to vote
16th Amendment
Established a federal income tax
17th Amendment
Established direct election of senators
18th Amendment
Established a ban on alcohol
21st Amendment
Unbanned Alcohol
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Roosevelt
Black Codes
restricted the rights of African Americans
Freedman’s Bureau
A federal agency that was established to help AA and provide them with free land, college, and protection
Civil Right
A right that is guaranteed to all citizens of a country
Radical Republican
A section of the Republican party that not only campaigns against slavery but wants the south to be severely punished.
Segregation
The official practice of keeping people separated, especially people of different races.
Sharecropping
A legal arrangement in which a land owner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
Debt Peonage
Bonded labor (peonage) is the pledge of a person’s services as the security for the repayment of debt
Tenant Farming
An agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often have tenants gain them capital by allowing them to live there.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Upheld Louisianna state law that allowed separate but equal accommodations
Jim Crow Law
Segregated areas that AA couldn’t enter (by law)
Ku Klux Klan
A violent secret fraternal society founded in 1915 GA to maintain white protestant cultural and political power. (OG founded TN 1870’s)
Literacy Test
Exam for assessing a person’s ability to read and write
Amnesty
An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
Lynched
To kill someone, especially by hanging.
Poll Tax
A tax levied on every adult w/o reference to income or resources.
Grandfather Clause
statutory or constitutional device enacted by seven Southern states between 1895 and 1910 to deny suffrage to African Americans.
Vertical Integration
Different-level companies combine and boost capital while increasing efficiency.
Horizontal Integration
When the same level companies combine to do good things like boost the economy and make more money, etc.
