Reconstruction Vocabulary 7th

What were black codes?

• Codes used by the military during the Civil War

• Laws passed in the south that discriminated against Freedmen

• Black code that are in a computer

• Economic policies to boost African American businesses

What does the term "carpetbaggers" refer to?

• A type of luggage used during the Civil War

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  Northerners who moved to the South after the war to gain political power

• Southern farmers who traveled north to sell their goo

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  Soldiers who carried their belongings in bags made from carpets

What is discrimination?

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  The act of deciding who can enter certain public spaces

• A legal process to resolve disputes between citizens

• The distribution of jobs among various social classes

• Unfairly treating a person or groups of people differently from others

What does emancipation refer to?

• To pay all debt

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  The freeing of enslaved people by the authority that held them

• The right vote

• To gain citizenship

What was required by the loyalty oath?

• A promise to never fight against the U.S.

• A promise to fight against the U.S.

• A promise to pay taxes

• A promise to be loyal to the South

What is martial law?

• The legal system used in international conflicts

• A law that requires all citizens to serve in the military

• Someone who is martial and is in charge

• Military rule imposed on citizens instead of civil law and government

What is a poll tax?

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  A fee charged for polling services during elections

• A tax levied on all goods sold within a country

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  A voting qualification that required a person to pay a tax to register to vote

• A tax on slaves

What was the period known as "reconstruction" in U.S. history?

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  The period from 1865-1876 after the Civil War

• The period during the 1800s when the U.S. expanded westward

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  The period before the Civil War

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  The period during the Civil War

What is the term used for white southerners who supported reconstruction efforts and was considered an insulting name?

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

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  Unionists

• Confederates

What was sharecropping?

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  A system where farmers were given land in exchange for military service

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  A system where landowners rented out land for a fixed fee

• A method of farming where multiple farmers shared a single piece of land

• A system of agriculture where a landowner allowed a tenant farmer to use land in exchange for a share of the crop