US History Semester 1 Final Exam Review

government organization aimed at helping black and white southerners who had lost their homes in the fighting

laws passed in the South to keep freemen in a slavelike condition

group of white southerners who terrorized African Americans and whites who were loyal to the US government

amendment that wrote the Civil Rights Act into the Constitution

process for charging a federal official with a crime

amendment saying people cannot be denied the right to vote because of their race

a northerner who came south to take part in the region's political economic rebirth

farming system where the farmer was an employee of the landowner and received a share of the crop

farming system where the farmer rents the land

the stopping of trade

foot soldiers

soldiers on horseback

document that freed the slaves in all areas that had rebelled against the United States

emancipated slaves

statement of the principles that a group stands for

smuggler of illegal liquor

African American cultural flowering based in Harlem, New York

music that blends different music forms and is often composed on the spot

being sent back to one's country of origin

payments to make up for the damages of war

a policy of not being involved in the affairs of other nations

posters, newspaper stories, and other materials designed to influence people's opinions

treaty ending World War I

payments for damages and expenses caused by the war

extension of a nation's power over other lands

geographic area where an outside nation has special political or economic control

a country under the control and protection of another country

a reform movement

gave voters the power to put a proposed law on the ballot for public approval

allowed voters to approve or veto a recently passed law

enabled voters to remove an elected official from office by special election

movement to ban making, selling, and transporting alcoholic drinks

an exam to determine whether immigrants could read English

place where volunteers provided services to people in need

murder of an individual by a group or a mob

fee people were charged to vote, intended to keep African Americans from voting

railroad that crossed the entire country

an economic system in which private buisness without government intervention

type of capitalism that lets companies conduct business without government intervention

belief that "survival of the fittest" benefits society