People
Who was the 16th president?
(President during the civil war)
Abraham Lincoln
What was President Lincoln's goal after the civil war?
For southern states to rejoin the Union quickly
What did African Americans think would help make better lives for themselves during this time?
Getting a better education
People who moved from the North to the South with sacks made of carpet.
Carpetbaggers
What amendments do we call the "Reconstruction Amendments"?
13th, 14th, 15th amendments
Which President supported the Southerners' ideas and beliefs during Reconstruction? (President after the Abe Lincoln)
Andrew Johnson
What organization aimed to help formerly enslaved people during reconstruction?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What did the Plessy V. Ferguson court case say?
That "separate but equal" was constitutional
Laws that limited the rights and freedoms of african americans DURING reconstruction
Black Codes
What did the 13th amendment do?
This amendment gave freedom to all African American people living in the United States. Made it part of the supreme law of the land!
Who was the president at the end of reconstruction? He made a deal with the people in the south.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Where did sharecropping take place?
In the South
Why did Andrew Johnson support Black Codes?
He was from the South
Landowners allowed farmers to grow crops on a portion of their land in exchange for 2/3 of the profits and crops grown.
Sharecropping
This amendment granted birthright citizenship and due process.
14th amendment
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln in the theatre.
John Wilkes Booth
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do? Give at least two things
Helped former slaves adjust to life as free
citizens, find family members separated by
slavery, obtain land, establish and run
schools, obtain legal services, find
employment
These were racist laws designed to keep black people and white people separate in schools, restaurants, churches, etc.
Jim Crow Laws
Keeping people seperate based on race, gender, religion, or identity
Segregation
What did the 15th amendment do?
Granted all MEN the right to vote
These people wanted to help formerly enslaved people transition to freedom. (Mostly people from the North)
Radical Republicans
When did Reconstruction end? What happened?
The North agreed to remove its troops from the South and the South agreed not to fight the election results of the new president, who won by ONE vote
These tests required all people who wanted to vote to prove that they could read and write
Literacy Tests
Stated that someone could avoid the literacy tests and poll taxes for voting if someone in their family had voted before them
Grandfather Clause
What three rules did Southerners introduce to try to stop black men from voting and take away their 15th amendment right?
- Poll Taxes
- Literacy Tests
- Grandfather Clause