The Reconstruction Period Unit 4 Vocabulary The Reconstruction Period
Jim Crow Laws Laws Southern states passed to prevent former slaves from having the same equal rights as whites.
Freedmen’s Bureau An organization that supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing, education, medicine, etc.
Sharecropping A way in which freedmen could work and plantation owners would have laborers Not always a legitimate form of labor/work
Due Process = Fair Due Process The American legal system states that ever person must be treated fairly. Due Process = Fair
Ratify To approve, confirm, accept YES
Amendment A change made to a bill or motion
13th Amendment Made slavery illegal
14th Amendment Gave citizenship to freed slaves
15th Amendment Gave all men the right to vote
19th Amendment Gave women the right to vote
23rd Amendment Gave people living in Washington, D.C. the right to vote
24th Amendment Cannot charge a poll tax to vote
26th Amendment Set voting age to 18 years of age
Bank A place where people can put their money to be held safely.
Government Functions to serve the people of its nation Provides services and sets taxes
Household People that live within your house People are resources
Private Business Private businesses drive the US economy. They produce the goods and services that consumers buy.
Producer Businesses or individuals that make goods or provides services
Service The act of doing/providing a task for a person
Profit The money that is made after a product is sold and the initial production cost has been deducted
Consumer The individual/business that uses a product or service
Goods Material items that can be purchased and or consumed