Vocab (8 words

Question 1

Franchise

Answer 1

an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activitie

Question 2

latter-day saints

Answer 2

the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian primitivism (the belief that Christianity has been or should be restored along with the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church) movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s

Question 3

makeshift

Answer 3

serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for the time being

Question 4

militia

Answer 4

a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency

Question 5

poll tax

Answer 5

a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.

Question 6

prophet

Answer 6

a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.

Question 7

suffrage

Answer 7

the right to vote in political elections.

Question 8

vigilantism

Answer 8

law enforcement undertaken without legal authority by a self-appointed group of people.