Reconstruction
What was the Reconstruction in the Civil War?
It was a period of time in which America was re-building itself after the Civil War.
How did President Johnson treat the South during his Presidency
President Johnson was very lenient to the South(Confederacy).
What is the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment?
The 13th amendment is slavery getting abolished in all states. The 14th amendment was protection for male citizens to get equal rights and not to get called out because of their race. The 15th amendment is giving African Americans the right to vote.
What is the Anti-Black violence?
Anti-Black violence was an objective to prevent black people from voting.
An organization of violent southerners who killed and murder African Americans.
the Ku Klux Klan?
What was the purpose of Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan?
The purpose of Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan was to bring together the Union and the Conferadcy after the Civil War ended.
What led to the 13th amendment changing?
The black codes got establish, which cause restrictions on the rights African Americans had.
In some Southern states, voters had to pay a ________ before they could cast a ballot.
Poll Tax
What caused the Collapse of the Reconstruction?
The Klu Klux Klan brought about the collaspe with violent actions.
southern people who became Republicans.
Scalawags
Which side of the United States did President Lincoln want to make plans for the Reconstruction? The Conferedacy or the Union?
President Lincoln wanted to make the Reconstruction plans for the Confederacy.
What was the purpose of Freedman Bureau?
It was created to help the emancipated slaves.
What were the bills about that Ulysses Grant signed in 1869 to 1871?
The bills were about raising up voting rights and getting rid of the Klu Klux Klan.
What is the Comprise of 1877?
The agreement that sorted out agruement of the election of 1876.
Union Republicans that moved to the South.
Carpetbaggers
What was the Wade-Davis Bill?
A bill that was written by two Radical Republicans, that was suggested for the Reconstruction for the Confederacy.
What is sharecropping?
Sharecropping is when African Americans rent land from owners of the plantation and they get some share of their crops.
Violence and intimidation during Reconstruction were often committed by ______________forces.
Paramilitary (KKK)
What did Rutherford B. Hayes do that caused the Reconstruction to end?
He made a secret agreement/deal with the Confederacy leaders.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
They are the Union members of Congress.
What happened in the Military Reconstruction Acts in 1867?
The Confederacy got divided up into five military regions and slaves were free and they had rights at this time. And President Johnson was vetoing the Radicals plans, but it failed and Congress rejected his veto every time.
Why did the Radical Republicans take control of Congress?
They took control so they could take the southerners out of power, so they could give African Americans the right to vote back.
What is the Reconstruction Act?
The Reconstruction Act is the when some states did not get rid the 14th amendment and they had new government developments.
What laws did the Confederacy pass after the Reconstruction?
The new laws they passed were to not give blacks equal rights.
What is an Ironclad?
An Iron clad makes anyone who joins the Union to swear to always stick with them and it restricts ex-southerners from getting involved in governmental activities.