Unit 7: (SS8H6) Reconstruction Vocabulary

(1868) gave African-Americans United States Citizenship.

• 10th amendment

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

Farmers who agreed to work on a landowners property in exchange for land, farming equipment, and seed; these type of farmers were required to provide the landowner with a share of the crop.

• Georgia horticulture assembly

• Tenant farming

• Confederate farmers of the south

• Sharecropping

This time era took place during 1865 to 1872. Although it was a short era in history, it’s impacts are still evident today.

• Civil War era

• American revolution era

• Reconstruction era

• Age of exploration era

This federal agency was created in 1865. It’s main goal and purpose was to provide aid to former enslaved people.

• Freedman’s bureau

• Constitutional convention

• Congressional reconstruction

• Military reconstruction

This time period, between 1866 and 1867, was a time where Congress took responsibility for bringing the south back to the union.

• Congressional reconstruction

• Military reconstruction

• Constitutional convention

• Ratification of the articles of confederation

(1865) Ended slavery in the United States.

• 10th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

This definition means to pass.

• Repeal

• Ratification

• Notification

• Nullification

Farmers who agreed to work on the land owners property were required to provide the landowner with a share of the crop; unlike other forms of farming during this era, these farmers typically owned their own farming equipment.

• Sharecropping

• National farmers convention

• Tenant farming

• Georgia horticulture assembly

During the reconstruction. Who was removed from their legislative seats in 1876?

• The president and vice president

• African-American legislators

• Former confederacy supporters

• Anti-union members

This meeting took place in Philadelphia from May to September and 1787; the original intent was to revise the articles of confederation, no the entire document was soon scrapped and a new Constitution was written.

• Congressional reconstruction

• Military reconstruction

• Ratification on the articles of confederation

• Constitutional convention