People
Vocab
Vocab 2
Potpourri
100

This president hoped that all Americans would enjoy a peaceful and successful country. 

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

This system of growing crops had the farmer giving a portion to the landowner. 

What is sharecropping?

100

This means to murder someone of political importance. 

What is assassinate?

100

This word means not being able to pay money that is owed.

What is bankrupt?

200

This person assassinated Abraham Lincoln. 

Who is John Wilkes Booth?

200

This was the name given to Northerners who tried to get government jobs in the South. 

What are carpetbaggers?

200

This is a period of 10 years. 

What is a decade?

200

Colleges during the Civil War were this. 

What is closed?
300

This person tried to stop 2 Reconstruction bills from passing by vetoing them. 

Who is Andrew Johnson?

300

This powerful organization helped anyone who lost their home during the Civil War. 

What is the Freedmen's Bureau?

300

This word means dishonesty. 

What is corruption?


300
This is how many of the Congressional houses need to support a bill before it's sent to the president.

What is 2/both?

400

This person was the first black American to be president of an American college. 

Who is Daniel Payne?

400

This was the name given to Southerners who worked with Northerners and freedmen. 

What are scalawags?

400

This is a group of people who live and work together and have similar cultures and beliefs.

What is a society?

400

This person drew pictures making fun of corrupt people.

Who is Thomas Nast?

500

This person wrote a report on Reconstruction in the South. 

Who is Carl Schurz?

500

This bill said that freedmen were free from unjust Southern laws. 

What is the Civil Rights Bill?

500

This is the making of things or providing of services for the purpose of making money.

What is industry?

500

This fraction of Congress is required to vote for a bill after the president vetoes it if it's to become a law. 

What is 2/3?