Unit 11 Vocabulary

Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War; they were disliked and feared by Southerners who thought they would take jobs and try to get rich off the misfortune of the defeated south

• northerners

• carpetbaggers

• scalawags

• enemy

Forced separation of whites and African Americans in public (in schools, on public transportation, etc.)

• groups

• segregation

• slavery

• equal rights

enslaved people who escaped and joined the Union as laborers

• Copperheads

• conscription

• contraband

• Blockade

What term describes the forced separation of different racial groups in public spaces?

• Integration

• Segregation

• Assimilation

• Desegregation

What was the name given to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War?

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• Freedmen

• Reconstructionists

What term was used for enslaved people who escaped and joined the Union as laborers during the Civil War?

• Copperheads

• Conscription

• Contraband

• Blockade

What is the term for the period of rebuilding and reintegration of Southern states after the Civil War?

• Reconstruction

• Reformation

• Revolution

• Restoration

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What was the main goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide education and support to former slaves

• To enforce segregation laws

• To promote industrialization in the South

• To support Confederate veterans

What was the primary purpose of the Black Codes?

• To restrict the freedom of African Americans

• To promote racial equality

• To support African American businesses

• To abolish slavery