Famous Figures
Who drew pictures making fun of corrupt people?
Thomas Nest
A period of 10 years
Decade
TRUE
To murder someone of political importance
Assassinate
Put the events in the correct order:
A congress votes
B a bill is written
C President can veto
B
A
C
Who hoped that all Americans, black and white, would enjoy a peaceful and successful country?
Abraham Lincoln
Dishonesty
Corruption
TRUE or FALSE: The Civil Rights Bill said that freedmen were free from unjust Southern laws.
TRUE
The making of things or providing of services for the purpose of making money:
Industry
Put the events in the correct order:
A If congress supports, it gets sent to the President
B Congress votes
C Bill becomes a law
B
A
C
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
A group of people who live and work together and have similar cultures and beliefs:
Society
Who tried to stop 2 Reconstruction bills from passing by vetoing them?
Andrew Johnson
Not being able to pay money that is owed
Bankrupt
Put the events in the correct order:
A Bill is written
B Congress votes
C If congress supports it, it is sent to the President
A
B
C
Who was the first black American to be president of an American College?
Daniel Payne
A powerful organization that was supposed to help anyone who list his home during the Civil War
Freedmen's Bureau
A white Southerner who worked with Northerners during Reconstruction is called a:
Scalawag
Northerners who tried to get government jobs in the South were called:
Carpetbaggers
Put the events in the correct order:
A If the president signs the bill, it becomes a law. If the president vetoes the bill, it goes back to Congress.
B Congress votes
C If both houses support the bill, it is sent to the president
D A bill is written
D
B
A
C
Who wrote a report on the Reconstruction in the South?
Carl Schurz
TRUE or FALSE: sharecropping is a system of growing crops in which farmers give a portion of crops to their family.
FALSE
Which amendment allowed all adult male citizens to vote? (amendment #___)
15
Define reconstruction
rebuild
Put the events in the correct order:
A A bill is written
B Congress votes on the bill
C If the president signs the bill, it becomes law, if the president vetoes the bill, it goes back to Congress
D If both houses support the bill, it is sent to the President
E If 2/3 of Congress vote for the bill after the president vetoes it, it becomes law.
A
B
D
C
E