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Reconstruction Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Carpetbagger

a)

A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.

b)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A civil rights organization.

c)

When a tenant farmer cultivates their farmland and gives a part of each crop as rent.

d)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation

2.

Scalawag

a)

A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.

b)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A civil rights organization.

c)

A white Southerner who worked with northern Republicans during Reconstructions, usually for personal profit. Used as an insult by Southern Democrats.

d)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation

3.

Freedmen

a)

A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.

b)

An emancipated slave.

c)

A white Southerner who worked with northern Republicans during Reconstructions, usually for personal profit. Used as an insult by Southern Democrats.

d)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation

4.

NAACP

a)

A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.

b)

An emancipated slave.

c)

A white Southerner who worked with northern Republicans during Reconstructions, usually for personal profit. Used as an insult by Southern Democrats.

d)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A civil rights organization.

5.

Radical

a)

Representing or supporting an extreme or progressive portion of a political party.

b)

An emancipated slave.

c)

The ability to read and write.

d)

The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.

6.

Civil Rights

a)

Representing or supporting an extreme or progressive portion of a political party.

b)

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

c)

The ability to read and write.

d)

The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.

7.

Sharecropping

a)

Representing or supporting an extreme or progressive portion of a political party.

b)

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

c)

The ability to read and write.

d)

When a tenant farmer cultivates their farmland and gives a part of each crop as rent.

8.

Tenant-Farming

a)

Representing or supporting an extreme or progressive portion of a political party.

b)

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

c)

When a person farms rented land.

d)

When a tenant farmer cultivates their farmland and gives a part of each crop as rent.

9.

Suppression

a)

The act of suppressing or preventing an activity or publication.

b)

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

c)

When a person farms rented land.

d)

When a tenant farmer cultivates their farmland and gives a part of each crop as rent.

10.

Oppression

a)

The act of suppressing or preventing an activity or publication.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

When a person farms rented land.

d)

When a tenant farmer cultivates their farmland and gives a part of each crop as rent.

11.

Enforce

a)

The act of suppressing or preventing an activity or publication.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation.

d)

When a tenant farmer cultivates their farmland and gives a part of each crop as rent.

12.

Amnesty

a)

The act of suppressing or preventing an activity or publication.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation.

d)

an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.

13.

Literacy

a)

The ability to read and write.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation.

d)

an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.

14.

Segregation

a)

The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation.

d)

an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.

15.

Suffrage

a)

The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

The right to vote in political elections.

d)

an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.