Reconstruction Leaders
This president wanted Southern states to rejoin the Union quickly after the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This group gained voting rights through the 15th Amendment.
Who were African American men? (All men is acceptable as well)
This organization was created to help formerly enslaved people.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Frederick Douglass argued that Reconstruction had many of these.
What are problems/challenges?
After Lincoln's assassination, this president continued a lenient (less strict) Reconstruction plan
Who was Andrew Johnson?
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law
What is the 14th Amendment?
Southern states used literacy tests and poll taxes to limit this.
What is voting?
The Freedmen's Bureau was established by this branch of government
What is Congress?
Formerly enslaved people often struggled because they did not receive this resource.
What is land?
Lincoln and Johnson both wanted the South to do this
What is reenter the Union quickly?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
Grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and literacy tests were designed to prevent this group from voting.
Who were African Americans?
The Bureau helped provide schools, aid, and protection for this group
Who were formerly enslaved people?
Many formerly enslaved people stayed on plantations as this type of worker.
What is a sharecropper?
Many Radical Republicans believed Southern states should be punished rather than given this
What is a quick return to the Union?
The 14th Amendment guarantees this legal protection.
What is equal protection under the law?
The 15th Amendment expanded participation in this process.
What is elections/voting?
The Freedmen's Bureau is most connected to this GSPEECH category because it focused on helping people.
What is Social/Society?
According to the Barrow Plantation diagram, many freed people lived on small plots while doing this.
What is sharecropping?
The period from 1865-1877 focused on rebuilding the South after this event
What was the Civil War?
Put these amendments in order: 14th, 15th, 13th
What are 13th, 14th, and 15th?
Name two methods used to suppress African American voting after Reconstruction.
What are literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses?
The Bureau attempted to solve problems caused by the end of this institution.
What is slavery?
A racist society often limited opportunities for formerly enslaved people in housing, jobs, and voting.
What is discrimination?