Vocabulary
The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
What is Reconstruction
who was the 17th president of the united states
Abraham lincion
What president wanted to rebuild the south?
Abraham Lincoln
First, one-tenth of the people in the state had to take an oath to obey the...
U.S. Constitution.
Individuals who were freed from slavery following the Civil War.
What is Freedmen
what did the civil rights act of 1866 do
it gave male adult citizens the right to vote
Freedmans Breau
Second, the state had to set up a
new government.
A pledge required of former Confederates, promising allegiance to the Union.
What is Loyalty Oath
which amendment established how states would be represented in congress
13 amendment
Who made similar arrangements with landowners where they rented sections of land.
Tenant farm croppers
Third, they had to abolish...
Slavery
Military control over normal civilian functions of government, used in the South after the Civil War.
What is Martial Law
republicans agreed to stop enforcing reconstruction laws so democrats agreed the election of 1876 was valid.
Who received almost no pay, just a small share of the crops.
Sharecroppers
While Lincoln wanted to be fair to the South, many Radical Republicans felt that Lincoln’s plan was too..
lenient
A federal agency established to aid freed slaves during the Reconstruction era.
What is Freedmen's Bureau
who's were carpetbaggers
people who's had ideas or feelings about a subject that are much stronger than most people
Who used tactics of intimidation, physical violence, and murder in hopes of establishing social control over African Americans and their white allies.
The KKK
They felt that Southern states should be punished for their actions, during what war?
The civil war.