Vocab 1
Local and state laws that enforced legal segregation of blacks and whites during the Reconstruction Era, lasted until 1965
Jim Crow
System of US government
Constitution
Era between 1865 - 1877 where the Union reorganized itself to incorporate the states that had seceded during the US civil war
Reconstruction
laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers
Black Codes
What is a carpetbagger?
Someone from the North who came to the South after the Civil War to take advantage of them.
Status of being a citizen in a nation, viewed as a member of that society & given all the rights that society has to offer
Citizenship
Enforced separation of different racial classes
Segregation
the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
Manifest Destiny
How do you find the main idea in a document?
Various acceptable answers.
What is a scalawag?
Someone from the South who agreed with Northern policies after the Civil War.
Rights of a citizen to social, political, and economic equality and freedom
Group of people sharing the same culture, history, traditions
Race
Local and state laws that enforced legal segregation of blacks and whites during the Reconstruction Era, lasted until 1965
Jim Crow
What does perspective mean when looking at documents?
Perspective is usually the source or who wrote the document. It can also mean a persons point of view.
What was the point of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
To teach Native Americans how to assimilate with American culture
Rights the promote social equality of men and women
Women's Rights
State of being equal, having the same rights & liberties
Equality
Group of people sharing the same culture, history, traditions
Race
What is sharecropping?
Former slaves would sign a contract to work for plantation owners. It was basically slavery by another name.
What Act helped cause the second wave of Westward expansion after the Civil War?
The Homestead Act (1862)
Article or law added to the US constitution
Amendment
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
Immigrant
Enforced separation of different racial classes
Segregation
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
Was the Gold Rush a cause or effect of Westward Expansion?
Cause.