Glossary

Quaker

a member of a Christian group, called the Society of Friends, that does not have formal ceremonies or a formal system of beliefs, and is strongly opposed to violence and war.

Queues

a mandatory Manchu hairstyle enforced on Han Chinese men during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) that featured a shaved forehead and long braid at the back.

Quota System

in the context of immigration, a policy that sets limits, usually numerical, on the amount of people from different countries, or with different skills, that can be admitted.

Ration

practice of controlling the distribution of scarce resources

Read Law

completing an apprenticeship or internship under a licensed attorney, rather than attending a formal law school.

Reconstruction

the period after the Civil War ended when the United States worked to integrate newly-freed African Americans as full citizens.

Reconstruction

The period after the Civil War ended when the United States worked to integrate newly-freed African Americans as full citizens.

Reconstruction Amendments

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution that addressed questions related to the legal and political status of African Americans. They were adopted between 1865-1870.

Reconstruction Amendments:

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution that addressed questions related to the legal and political status of African Americans. They were adopted between 1865-1870.

Red Scare

refers to the widespread fear of communism in the United States that occurred in the 1920s (in response to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917) and in the 1950s (in response to the Cold War)