Vocabulary - Matching Question 17 options: A charge of misconduct by a holder of a public office A process to rebuild and reintegrate the Southern states and the approximately 4 million newly freed African Americans in the US. A term used by Southerners to refer to a Southerner who cooperated with Northern Authorities during Reconstruction. Enslaved People who were freed after the Civil War A term used by Southerners to refer to a Northern who came south during Reconstruction to make money. Gave voting rights to all male citizens An agricultural system where a landowner allows a tenant to use their land in return for a share of crops grown on the land. The act of killing a prominent person, often a political leader. Took away the institution of Slavery The legal separation of African Americans and White people in public spaces, railroad cars, restrooms and more. Gave equal Citizenship to all Americans Laws passed by southern leaders, during the early part of reconstruction, that discriminated against African Americans, by violating the protections under the Bill of Rights. 1. Assassination
2. Impeachment
3. Black Codes
4. Reconstruction
5. Segregation
6. Sharecropping
7. Carpetbagger
8. Scalawag
9. Freedmen
10. 13th Amendment
11.14th Amendment 12. 15th Amendment

1).  Assassination:  The act of killing a prominent person, often a political leader.

2).  Impeachment:  A charge of misconduct by a holder of a public office.

3).  Black Codes:  laws passed by southern leaders, during the early part of reconstruction that discriminated against African Americans, by violating the protections under the Bill of Rights.

4).  Reconstruction:  a process to rebuild and reintegrate the southern states and approx 4m newly freed blacks in the US

5).  Segregation:  The legal separation of black and white people in public spaces, railroad cars, restrooms, and more

6).  Sharecropping:  an agricultural system where a landowner allows a tenant to use their land in return for a share of crops grown on the land

7).  Carpetbagger:  a term used by southerners to refer to a northern who came south during reconstruction to make money

8).  Scalawag:  a term used by northerners to refer to a southerner who cooperated with northern authorities during reconstruction

9).  Freedmen:  Enslaved People who were freed after the Civil War.

10).  13th amendment:  took away the institution of slavery

11). 14th Amendment:  gave equal citizenship to all Americans

12).  15th Amendment:  Gave voting rights to all male citizens

Explanation:

The given vocabularies have correctly been matched with their definitions above in the context of the history of the United States. The terms include the words used to define specific laws for discriminating the blacks along with the constitutional amendments that were made to give equivalent rights to all the citizens of America by eliminating the evil practice of slavery. The given vocabularies have a significant play in the American history as they describe the ancient system of rule and how it evolved to the present.