Random Reconstruction Government Economy Amendments

Amendments– 10 Points Abolished slavery forever Answer: 13 th Amendment

Amendments – 20 Points Gave all citizens the right to vote despite their gender Answer: 19 th Amendment

Amendments – 30 Points Gave citizenship to any person born in the United States Answer: 14 th Amendment

Amendments– 40 Points Set the Voting Age; must be 18 to vote Answer: 26 th Amendment

Amendments – 50 Points Granted 3 electoral votes to D.C.; it allowed the people in Washington, D.C. to vote Answer: 23 rd Amendment

Economy– 10 Points Businesses that specialize in loaning money Answer: Banks

Economy– 20 Points Something you can hold in your hand; you can touch it Answer: Good

Economy– 30 Points Provides labor in the form of resources, involves families Answer: Households

Economy– 40 Points A business not controlled by the government; they can be big or small; they produce goods and services Answer: Private Business

Economy– 50 Points The part that controls taxes; they use this money to pay teachers, police officer, pave roads… Answer: Government

Government– 10 Points A legal system that requires all citizens are treated fairly Answer: Due Process

Government– 20 Points Congress proposed a new amendment. Then, Answer:2/3 of the House and Senate must pass the bill.

Government– 30 Points After a proposed amendment is sent to the states, what happens next? Answer: State legislatures choose to ratify or reject the amendment.

Government– 40 Points Why do so many people have to vote for an amendment to be made? Answer: So that small groups of people cannot make changes the majority of people do not want.

Government– 50 Points What is the last step in the amendment process? Answer: ¾ of the states must ratify the amendment so it can be added to the Constitution.

Reconstruction– 10 Points A system that allowed a land owner to lease his land to several farmers and in return got a share of the crops is called Answer: Sharecropping

Reconstruction– 20 Points This helped the newly freed slaves adjust to their new life; it built things like schools. Answer: Freedman's Bureau

Reconstruction– 30 Points A law that enforced segregation; African Americans lost all of their rights. Answer: Jim Crow Laws

Reconstruction– 40 Points Why was sharecropping used? Answer: Because the land owners did not have money to pay the former slaves for their work and the former slaves did not have money to lease the land.

Reconstruction – 50 Points When blacks and whites were forced to be separated is called Answer: Segregation

Random – 10 Points A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution Answer: amendment

Random– 20 Points Gave all citizens the right to vote despite their race Answer: 15 th Amendment

Random– 30 Points Ended the poll tax Answer: 24 th Amendment

Random– 40 Points Name the five amendments that protect our voting rights. Answer: 15 th, 19 th, 23 rd, 24 th, 26 th

Random– 50 Points Something someone does for someone else; an action they perform Answer: service