Vocab 1
White Southerners who helped with the rebuilding plans after the war.
Scalawags
A rule that made all paper money made by the government "real" money you could use.
Legal Tender Act
This happened when people were very angry about being forced to join the army, and they started violence in New York City.
Draft Riots
What town does Mrs. Adams live in?
West Salem
Making someone work without being paid and not letting them be free.
Slavery
States that allowed slavery but did not leave the United States during the Civil War.
Border States
The name given to the group of Northern states that fought to keep the country together.
Union
A rule that said the president could not remove certain officials without permission from Congress.
Tenure of Office Act
People in the North who wanted peace instead of fighting in the Civil War.
Peace Democrats
Northerners who moved South after the war, often carrying all their things in a bag.
Carpetbaggers
What was it called when a state decided to leave the United States.
Secession
What is the main sport that Mrs. Adams' oldest son plays?
Soccer
The official announcement by President Lincoln that said slaves in the areas fighting against the United States would be free.
Emancipation Proclamation
Special warships covered with iron that were built during the Civil War.
Ironclads
A law passed so people could buy land from the government and start farms in the West.
Homestead Act
What is Mrs. Adams' youngest son's name?
Andrew
States in the South that left the United States to start their own country during the Civil War.
Confederate States
The organization that helped care for former enslaved people and poor Southerners after the Civil War.
Freedman's Bureau
The time after the Civil War when the country tried to rebuild and make the Southern states part of the U.S. again.
Reconstruction
What is an hour you can find Mrs. Adams in the success center?
1, 7 or 8
A special paper money printed by the United States during the Civil War.
Greenbacks
When groups in the South tried to take back power and stop changes after the war.
Redemption
What is the name of Mrs. Adams' dog?
Teddy
Women who wanted to end slavery and helped gather signatures to change laws.
Women's Loyal National League
The process of charging a government leader with doing something wrong and trying to remove them from office.
Impeachment