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re-building the nation
battle over reconstruction
end of reconstruction
Critical Thinking
Metro History
100
not forced
What is voluntary
100
someone who makes judgements
What is a critic?
100
of lower rank or status.
What is inferior?
100
the right to vote.
What right is guaranteed by the 15th amendment?
100
2 finger widths
How thick do the shoulder straps of a tank top need to be?
200
to decide; to solve
What is resolve
200
to enroll or record officially
What is to register?
200
enforced separation of races.
What is segregation?
200
John Wilkes Booth
Who assassinated Lincoln?
200
6 years
How long has the junior high been @ Metro?
300
Granted citizenship rights to African-Americans and guaranteed the civil rights of all people except Native Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866
300
They often owed landowners more than they made at the end of the year.
Why did many sharecroppers live in poverty?
300
A government agency to provide emergency relief and to establish schools.
What was the freedmen's bureau?
300
It was messy and a fire hazard
Why did Metro stop ceramic classes?
400
Southern whites who opposed secession.
What is a scallawag?
400
Farmers who rented land and paid s share of each year's crops as rent; they did not own the land they worked.
Who were sharecroppers?
400
It would be hard for people to get loans to start businesses that would provide employment.
What problems would the collapse of the banking system cause?
400
Rebecca Mestek
What is the name of the chemistry teacher?
500
people who were enslaved but been freed b/c of the result of the war.
What is the freedmen?
500
A secret society to terrorize African Americans and their white Allies.
What were the Ku Klux Klan?
500
A direct result of the presidential election of 1876
What factor contributed to the end of Reconstruction?
500
1998
When was Metro founded?