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Reconstruction Vocabulary
Term
Definition
Ten Percent
Plan
I was President Lincoln’s original plan for
accepting the Southern states back into the Union.
Amnesty
I was a pardon for white southerners who fought
against the Union during the war.
Radical
Republicans
We were a group that believed Congress, not the
President, should run Reconstruction.
Freedmen’s
Bureau
I was a government agency started to help former
slaves.
John Wilkes
Booth
I assassinated President Lincoln.
13th
Amendment
I am the amendment which abolished slavery.
Andrew
Johnson
I became president after Lincoln was assassinated.
Black Codes
I was a series of laws passed by southern states to
control their freedom.
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Reconstruction Vocabulary
Term
Definition
14th
Amendment
I was the amendment which granted full
citizenship to all former slaves.
15th
Amendment
I granted the right to vote to black males.
Scalawag
I am a southern white who supports Republican
policy during Reconstruction.
Carpetbagger
I am from the North and moved to the South after
the Civil War.
Ku Klux Klan
I am a secret society formed to prevent freedmen
from exercising the rights.
Sharecropping
I am system in which a farmer works the land for
an owner who provides equipment and supplies.
Cash Crop
I am a crop that can be cultivated and sold for
great profit.
Segregation
I am the separation of the races.
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How To: Vocabulary Matching Games
Vocabulary matching games that commonly use the following or a combination of:
• Terms students need to master for learning especially terms associated with the
vocabulary of the discipline
• Definitions that are associated with the terms
• Visual representations associated with the terms
• Examples associated/connected to with the terms
To help develop a student’s ability to recognize and apply the language of the discipline, they
have to practice using the terms in multiple formats. Vocabulary matching games can come in
different forms and complexities, but they all have the basic component of having students
match a term to a representation of what that term means.
When developing a game, try to limit the amount of words used in the game. [Even
with the large amount of terms associated with Social Studies, it is important to chunk
the information]
Come up with variations of the common characteristics of vocabulary matching games.
(For an example, a beginner game would be Term-Visual or Term - Definition - Visual
variety and an advanced game might include the Term - Example variety)
Create the template for the game. Print out and cut out enough sets for your classes.
To conduct the game:
Divide students into small groups (2-3).
Explain the rules of the game to students.
Have students work as a team to complete the challenge you set before them.
Once teams have completed their challenge, have students apply the vocabulary:
Use [Insert Number] of the terms in a paragraph to explain an event / pattern /
concept.
Pick [Insert Number] of the terms to act out an event / pattern / concept.
This strategy can be used at any time during an introductory phase or during the guided
practice phase of a lesson cycle.
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