Vocabulary
the rebuilding and healing of the country
Reconstruction
This was set up by the government to help former slaves.
Freedmen's Bureau
Separation of people (in this case race)
Segregation
a change or an addition to the Constitution is called this
Amendments
Where did most of the rebuilding occur?
South
bringing charges of wrongdoing against an elected official
Impeachment
These expanded after the Civil War and created jobs.
Industries
The government had to pay for the rebuilding by doing this.
raising/higher taxes
13th Amendment did what?
ended slavery
Who became President after Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
People from the northern states who went to the south to profit from Reconstruction
Carbetbaggers
Many things had to be rebuilt, especially in the South, because of the war. Especially these two things.
roads/railroads
Southern states passed these to deny freedmen the right to vote, own guns or getting jobs.
Black Codes
14th amendment did what?
made all citizens equal before the law
How was sharecropping bad?
It kept freedmen in debt
system where someone who owns land rents it to let someone else farm it
sharecropper
The first of them were elected after the Civil War.
African Americans
The name of the laws that reinforced segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
15th Amendment did what?
All male citizens the right to vote
What was the effect of the poll tax on African American men?
They couldn't pay it to vote.
laws that limited the freedom of former slaves after the Civil War
Black Codes
This organization opened schools to teach former slaves and their children to read/write
Freedmen's Bureau
Name 2/3 ways they made it difficult for African American men to vote.
tax, reading test, grandfather clause
What did all former confederate states have to do before entering the Union?
accept all 3 Amendments
Was the impeachment of Johnson successful or not?
NOT