Reconstruction Pictionary Dictionary
Directions: For each term you must: Find the definition, draw a picture of the term and use the term in a sentence.
Term
Definition
Illustration
Your Sentence
1.)Reconstruction
2.)Carpetbagger
Example
3.)Freedman’s
Bureau
This was a government agency created after
the Civil War that helped former enslaved
persons or “freemen”. The agency gave the
former slaves food, clothing and medical
services.
4.)Servitude
5.) Vocational
Education
Education that prepares you for a specific
job or trade.
The Freedman’s Bureau helped
former slaves get through a
difficult time after the Civil
War.
6.)Reconciliation/
Reconcile
7.)Reunite
To restore (or bring back) a friendly
relationship
To come back together after a period of
separation
8.)Segregation
9.)Discrimination
10.)Amendment
An unfair treatment of different
categories of things (people). Having
favorites.
1.) Reconstruction-The reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after
the Civil War.
2.) Carpetbagger-The name given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War and
supported the reconstruction Republicans.
3.) Freedman’s Bureau- This was a government agency created after the Civil War that helped
former enslaved persons or “freemen”. The agency gave the former slaves food, clothing and
medical services.
4.) Servitude-Being subjected to another person and lacking freedom or personal choice.
5.) Vocational Education- Education that prepares you for a specific job or trade.
6.) Reconciliation/Reconcile- To restore (or bring back) a friendly relationship.
7.) Reunite- To come back together after a period of separation.
8.) Segregation-The separation or isolation of a race, class or group.
9.) Discrimination- An unfair treatment of different categories of things (people). Having
favorites.
10.)
Amendment-An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution.