Question

Directions: Research each vocabulary term below and type your own definition in the 2nd column. Then look for an image that best symbolizes it and insert it in the 3rd column.  


Radical Republicans
Reconstruction Amendments
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Sharecropping
Compromise of 1877


Grandfather Clause

Answer 1

Here’s a table filled with definitions and suggested symbolic images for each of the terms you provided:

| Vocabulary Term | Definition | Image |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Radical Republicans | A faction of the Republican Party during the Reconstruction Era that sought to impose civil rights and strict policies on the Southern states. |  |
| Reconstruction Amendments | The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution that aimed to abolish slavery, establish citizenship rights, and protect voting rights. |  |
| Carpetbaggers | A derogatory term used for Northern Democrats who moved to the South after the Civil War to profit from reconstruction efforts. |  |
| Scalawags | Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party, often viewed as traitors to the South. |  |
| Sharecropping | An agricultural system where landowners allowed tenants to use their land in return for a share of the crops produced, often leading to cycles of debt. |  |
| Compromise of 1877 | An informal agreement that settled the contested 1876 presidential election, leading to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the end of Reconstruction. |  |
| Grandfather Clause | A legal mechanism used to exempt certain voters from literacy tests and poll taxes, based on the condition that their grandfathers had been eligible to vote before the Civil War. |  |

Please note that the images linked above are drawn from various sources and are best-suited for illustrative purposes. You may need to find suitable images that better fit your specific needs or preferences.