Vocab
To accuse a public official of wrongdoing while in office
What is IMPEACH
TRIPLE POINTS
when a person takes the law into their own hands but has no legal authority to do so
(think: what is Batman)
what is VIGILANTE JUSTICE
DOUBLE POINTS
TRUE OR FALSE
the railroad played a large role in the settling of the West by bringing easterners west.
what is TRUE
What prevented states from denying black people the right to vote (think about a law)
what is 15TH AMENDMENT
TRIPLE POINTSSSSS
A northerner who moved to the South to get a government job after the Civil War
what is CARPETBAGGER
DOUBLE POINTS
True or False
A secret group called the Ku Klux Klan arose in the South after the Civil War and used violent methods to prevent black people from using their civil rights
what is TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
George Custer, Sitting Bull and Craxy Horse were leaders involved in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
what is TRUE
What laws did the Democrats pass during Reconstruction to segregate black people and discriminate against them
what is JIM CROW LAWS
a white Southerner who worked with Northerners during Reconstruction
what is SCALAWAG
TRUE OR FALSE
after Abe Lincoln died his vice president Andrew Jackson became president
what is FALSE
(QUADRUPLE points ONLY IF you can tell me the correct president name)
What outlawed slavery? (think about a law)
What is 13TH AMENDMENT
TRIPLE POINTS
what defended Civil Rights (think law)
what is 14TH AMENDMENT
QUADRUPLE POINTS
to separate people from the rest of society because of differences such as skin color or religion
what is SEGREGATE
TRIPLE POINTS
TRUE OR FALSE
often immigrants and black people became sodbusters who branded cows
what is FALSE
IT SHOULD BE COWBOYS
What provided food and clothing to freed slaves and poor white Southerners and set up schools for black people
what is FREEDMAN'S BUREAU
DOUBLE POINTS
What was passed by Congress to establish military control of states that seceded from the Union and to ensure that new government had racial equality
what is RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1867
the act of cheating to gain something unlawfully
what is FRAUD
DOUBLE POINTS
TRUE OR FALSE
conflict abounded in the West between ranchers and soldiers
what is FALSE
IT SHOULD BE SHEEPMEN
What laws did Southerners states pass that limited the rights of black Americans
what is BLACK CODES
Explain how westward expansion brought opportunity to some but injustice to others (Word question)
Many immigrants made a new life in the West through hard work.
Native Americans suffered much injustice as they were pushed off their land
DOUBLE POINTS