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Unit 6 Vocabulary (Bayou Bridges Grade 7)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Black Codes were/was

a)

laws passed that limited the freedom of African Americans

b)

laws passed that provided economic support for freedmen

c)

an identifying number assigned to individual slaves

2.

The system under which individual families contracted with landowners to work a plot of land in return for a portion of the crop is called

a)

community garden

b)

sharecropping

c)

land rent

d)

Coup d'état

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

any code of law that limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Carpetbagger

d)

Scalawag

e)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

6.

rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed

a)

Adoption

b)

Civil Liberties

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Preservation

e)

Reconciliation

7.

Radical Republicans

a)

Group of representatives that were very extreme with their views and believed the government should be tougher on the South for leaving the Union.

b)

People that describe themselves as NOT excessive or extreme in their political beliefs.

c)

A northerner who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era to take advantage of the unsettled conditions (to make money).

d)

Southerners that wanted the northerners to leave the South and allow the southern states to rule themselves.

8.

a change or addition to the Constitution.

a)

Bill

b)

Law

c)

Constitution

d)

Amendment

9.

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

10.

Abolished slavery (though allowed for criminals to be made to do work without pay)

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

11.

U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

12.

An unkind term applied to Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to take advantage of opportunities

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

scalawags

c)

freedmen

d)

Ku Klux Klan

13.

A synonym for legislation is

a)

laws

b)

blockade

c)

voting

d)

control

14.

What does Impeachment mean?

a)

Formally accusing a government official of misconduct

b)

Helping formerly enslaved African Americans

c)

Migrating to Kansas

d)

Using prisoners as laborers.

15.

What is the process of formally accusing a government official of wrongdoing called?

a)

Impeachment

b)

Convict Leasing

c)

Exodusters

d)

Freedmen

16.

This was established so that citizens had to pay a tax in order to register to vote.

a)

Jim Crow tax

b)

Wade Davis Tax

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Poll tax

17.

Southern law passed that stated that only men whose grandfathers voted before 1865 could vote. Another way to have African Americans not vote.

a)

Jim Crow Law

b)

Grandfather Clause

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Black Codes

18.

Tests given to citizens to tests their ability to read and write before being able to vote.

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Black Codes

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Moderate

19.

What is the vocabulary term for a change or addition to something (such as the Constitution)?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Amendment

c)

Impeachment

d)

Black Codes

20.

A change to the Constitution is called an __________.

a)

The 13th

b)

The Preamble

c)

Democracy

d)

Amendment

21.

Ratification means

a)
the negotiation of a contract
b)
the rejection of a law
c)
the informal discussion of a proposal
d)
the formal approval of an agreement or treaty
22.

Which of the following vocabulary terms BEST connects to this political cartoon?

a)

suffrage

b)

Black Codes

c)

reconcile

d)

abolish

23.

to restore to harmony; to settle or resolve differences; to come together

a)

suffrage

b)

reconcile

c)

Black Codes

d)

abolish

24.

The accusation of illegal misconduct from a public official is known as what?

a)

Incarceration

b)

Election

c)

Impeachment

d)

Referendum

25.

What term describes the process of bringing the Southern states back into the Union after the Civil War?

a)

Rehabilitation

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Reconciliation

d)

Reformation

26.

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

27.

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?

a)

To enforce Black Codes

b)

To promote industrialization in the North

c)

To assist freed slaves and poor whites in the South

d)

To provide economic support to Southern plantation owners

28.

any of the liberties and freedoms citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and its amendments:

a)

Civil rights

b)
Privileges for certain groups only
c)
Rights granted by state laws
d)
Government regulations on speech
29.

a sudden and illegal takeover of government by force:

a)
coup d'état
b)
uprising
c)
insurrection
d)
revolution
30.

What does VETO mean?

a)
A method of voting in favor of a proposal.
b)
The ability to approve a decision or proposal.
c)
The power to reject a decision or proposal.
d)
A formal agreement between parties.
31.

relating to a group of civilians organized in a military fashion

a)
militant
b)
paramilitary
c)
civilian
d)
insurgent
32.

What is the part of the government responsible for making laws?

a)
Legislative branch
b)
Administrative branch
c)
Executive branch
d)
Judicial branch
33.

an official in state government who ranks second to the governor:

a)
Secretary of State
b)
Attorney General
c)
State Treasurer
d)
Lieutenant Governor
34.

a person or group that is not likely to win:

a)
underdog
b)
champion
c)
favorite
d)
front-runner
35.

a civil division in Louisiana, comparable to a county in other states:

a)
parish
b)
zone
c)
region
d)
district
36.

person who collects and reports secret information about other governments or countries:

a)
Diplomat
b)

Secret agent

c)
Journalist
d)
Tourist
37.

a desire to hurt another person:

a)
compassion
b)
malice
c)
empathy
d)
indifference
38.

favoring large or widespread changes:

a)
moderate
b)
radical
c)
incremental
d)
conservative
39.

Branch of government that deals with lawmaking

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Judicial branch

c)

Legislative Branch

40.

The right to vote

a)

sufferage

b)

reconstruction

c)

amendment

41.

Forced separation of whites and African Americans in public (in schools, on public transportation, etc.)

a)

groups

b)

segregation

c)

slavery

d)

equal rights

42.

Individual rights guaranteed by a constitution

a)

Civil Rights

b)

amendments

c)

law

d)

treaty

43.

Definition: to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

a)

filibustering

b)

object

c)

overturn

d)

veto

44.

The Freedman's Bureau was

a)

a group to aid Reconstruction by building the economy of the South

b)

an organization established by Congress to aid poor southerners

c)

an organization made up freedmen

d)

a group created to establish rules and regulations for freedmen in the U.S.

45.

Which of the following best describes Black Codes?

a)

Laws that gave African Americans the right to vote

b)

Codes given to Black people that allowed them to purchase property

c)

Laws put in place that restricted Black people's civil rights and ability to own property

d)

Codes that helped former slaves find heir lost family members from different parts of the country

46.

The accusation of illegal misconduct from a public official is known as what?

a)

Incarceration

b)

Election

c)

Impeachment

d)

Referendum

47.

Which of the following best describes a sharecopper?

a)

A person who rents land to grow crops using their OWN tools and supplies and decides what is grown

b)

A person land to grow crops but does NOT have their own supplies and can't decide what is grown

c)

A person who only plants cotton in the North and owns their own farm

d)

I person who is forced to work in a factory until they can afford to work their own farm in the south

48.

Which group of people does the picture and quote above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Freed African Americans

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Southern military leaders

d)

Northern politicians

49.

Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan called for ________ and preservation of the Union over punishing the South.

a)

Emancipation

b)

Reconciliation

c)

Voting Rights

d)

Segregation

50.

Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to

a)

limit the movement of African Americans

b)

make it more difficult for African Americans to vote

c)

improve the lives of African Americans

d)

give more educational opportunities to African Americans.