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ch 19 quarterly
ch 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 13th amendment | band slavery |
| 14th amendment | equal protection |
| 15th amendment | forbids any state to deny african americans the right to vote |
| jim crow laws | laws that separate people of different races |
| freedman | men and woman who had been slaves |
| scalawags | white southerners who support republicans during reconstruction |
| carpetbaggers | nick names for the northerners |
| literacy tests | examination to see if a person can read or write |
| grandfather clause | laws that escaped a voter |
| poll taxes | tax that required before a person can vote |
| transcontinental railroad | railroad that streaches coast to coast |
| 2 companies who built the rail road | union pacific and central pacific |
| cowhands | ranchers who hired them people to help with the cattle drive |
| cattle drive | herding and moving herds of cattle |