Famous Figures
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary 2
How a Bill Becomes a Law
100

Who drew pictures making fun of corrupt people?

Thomas Nest

100

A period of 10 years

Decade

100
TRUE or FALSE: colleges were closed during the Civil War

TRUE

100

To murder someone of political importance

Assassinate

100

Put the events in the correct order: 

A congress votes

B a bill is written

C President can veto

B

A

C

200

Who hoped that all Americans, black and white, would enjoy a peaceful and successful country?

Abraham Lincoln

200

Dishonesty

Corruption

200

TRUE or FALSE: The Civil Rights Bill said that freedmen were free from unjust Southern laws.

TRUE

200

The making of things or providing of services for the purpose of making money:

Industry

200

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

300

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth

300

A group of people who live and work together and have similar cultures and beliefs: 

Society

300

Who tried to stop 2 Reconstruction bills from passing by vetoing them? 

Andrew Johnson

300

Not being able to pay money that is owed

Bankrupt

300

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

C

400

Who was the first black American to be president of an American College?

Daniel Payne

400

A powerful organization that was supposed to help anyone who list his home during the Civil War

Freedmen's Bureau

400

A white Southerner who worked with Northerners during Reconstruction is called a:

Scalawag

400

Northerners who tried to get government jobs in the South were called: 

Carpetbaggers

400

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

500

Who wrote a report on the Reconstruction in the South?

Carl Schurz

500

TRUE or FALSE: sharecropping is a system of growing crops in which farmers give a portion of crops to their family.

FALSE

500

Which amendment allowed all adult male citizens to vote? (amendment #___)

15

500

Define reconstruction

rebuild

500

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

D

C

E