RECONSTRUCTION TRIVIA Vocabulary, Key Events, and Important People Review

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Crusading journalist who uncovered the problems in American society Muckraker

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? System that includes most government jobs (except elected positions, judicial positions, and military positions) Civil Service

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Process by which citizens vote directly on a bill (law) Referendum

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Protection of natural resources Conservation

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Process that allows voters to put a bill before state legislature (idea to start a law) Initiative

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Person who worked to destroy monopolies and trusts Trustbuster

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol (Prohibit = to ban) Prohibition

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Natural area protected and managed by the federal government National Park

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Prejudice against Jews Anti-Semitism

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Election in which voters, rather than party leaders, choose their party’s candidate for an election (Primary = first; first election) Primary

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? When a mob illegally seizes and executes someone Lynching

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Tax on earning that charges different rates for different income levels Graduated Income Tax

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Person who worked for women’s right to vote Suffragist

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? Process by which voters can remove an elected official from office (Recall = to take a broken product away) Recall

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT VOCABULARY WORD? School sponsored by a church Parochial School