Vocabulary
define Scalawag
A rascal, someone who supports a cause for his/her gain.
Define Segregation
The practice of keeping people in separate groups based on their race or culture
True or False, In the 1900s African Americans in many of the Southern were not allowed to vote, and few held public office.
True
Define Sharecropping
a landowner paid their workers with crops
Define Carpetbaggers
People from the North who moved to the South to take part in Reconstruction Governments
What was the KKK
The KKK(Ku Klux Klan) was a secret society that used violence to keep African Americans from voting or to make sure they voted as they were told.
Define Secret Ballot
A voting method that doesn’t allow anyone to know how a person has voted
Define Freedmen
Men, women, and children who’d been slaves
Are/Did you have fun
NOO
What Day is Juneteenth on, and where is it celebrated?
June 19th,Texas
Why did Government taxes increase?
To rebuild Bridges, Buildings, and Railroads
Why were Secret Societies Formed?
To keep African Americans from voting or make to sure they voted only in certain ways
What is the name of one of the most famous rascal, and what job did he have before?
James Longstreet, Confederate General