Reconstruction Plans
What was Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan called?
The 10% Plan
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
What were the restrictive state laws passed after the Civil War called?
Black Codes
Who became President after Lincoln’s assassination?
Andrew Johnson
What year did the Civil War end?
1865
Which President offered many pardons to ex-Confederates?
Andrew Johnson
Which amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection?
14th
What group used violence to stop African Americans from voting?
Ku Klux Klan
What group in Congress wanted to punish the South and protect African American rights?
Radical Republicans
What deal officially ended Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
What did the Radical Republicans do to the South under their plan?
Divided it into 5 military districts
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
15th
What type of farming often kept freedmen in debt?
Sharecropping
Who founded the Freedmen’s Bureau to help newly freed people?
U.S. Congress)
Was Reconstruction more of a success or failure? Explain.
Opinion — success = amendments; failure = rise of segregation/violence
Which branch of government controlled Reconstruction by the late 1860s?
Congress
What clause of the 14th Amendment is still used in court cases today?
Equal Protection Clause
What were the Jim Crow laws designed to enforce?
Racial segregation
Which group regained power after Reconstruction ended in 1877?
Southern Democrats / “Redeemers”
Name one way Reconstruction expanded rights and one way they were restricted.
Expanded: 13th–15th Amendments; Restricted: Black Codes, Jim Crow, violence
Why did Congress oppose Johnson’s plan?
It was too lenient and allowed former Confederate leaders back into power.
Which loophole in the 13th Amendment allowed forced labor to continue?
“Punishment for crime” exception / convict leasing)
What case upheld “separate but equal” segregation?
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
Who were the primary targets of KKK violence?
African Americans and their white allies
Why is Reconstruction sometimes called “unfinished”?
Rights were promised but not fully protected; equality was delayed for nearly a century.