Reconstruction Vocab 1
The time period after the Civil War when the US was being rebuilt
Reconstruction
A landowner allows someone to grow crops on their land in return for a share of the crops after the harvest
Sharecropping
Bleak and lifeless - One of the reasons I hated the winter was because of how ______ it is.
Barren
To expel/give off large quantities of something - The smoke stacks of the factory were ________ smog all over the city.
Spewing
Solve this equation (1 point for right answer, 5 points for showing work):
3x-12=9
7
Trying to remove a public official from office (especially the President)
Impeach
Andrew Johnson
Lacking courage or confidence - The mouse was very _______ as it ran into its hiding place.
Timid
When two or more things have changed places - In Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the Mississippi and American flags have been ________.
Transposed
What units do we use to measure mass?
Grams (g)
The Amendment banning slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
A slave who has been freed
Freedmen
Done or said in a friendly way - When the teacher greeted Dom, he ________ said hello back.
Amiably
Done or said in a boring way - During Resource Room, Mr. Doell wouldn't stop ________ telling a super boring story.
Monotonously
Solve this equation (1 point for right answer, 5 points for showing work)
1/2x + 60 = -40
-200
Lincoln's Reconstruction plan that requires ten percent of Southerners to say sorry
Ten Percent Plan
An Amendment saying that everyone born in the US (including newly freed slaves) are US citizens
14th Amendment
Abnormally thin or weak - In the pictures of starving children in Africa, all of them looked _______.
Emaciated
Done in a way that shows great attention to detail - I didn't want my food to touch, so I _______ worked to keep my peas away from my mashed potatoes.
Meticulously
What is the formula for density?
D=M/V
An Amendment giving all male citizens the right to vote (including African-Americans)
15th Amendment
This party controlled Congress when President Johnson was in office, they were Radical, and they often overrode Johnson's vetoes to get their laws passed
(Radical) Republicans
To move in an exaggeratedly impatient or haughty way - When my sister called me a mean word, I _______ over to Mom while she watched in horror.
Flounced
Done or said in an angry way - After my mom asked for the millionth time what my friend's name was, I _______ shouted to make sure she heard me this time.
Testily
What is our Social Studies teacher's name?
Ms. Metzler (or Mr. Kelley)