Continued Oppression in the South
Many Southerners, and angry at the loss of the civil war, joined ________________ in an effort to keep fighting against what they saw as 'Northern influence.' This might take the form of attacking newly freed slaves, attacking people helping the newly freed slaves, or sabotage of schools or buildings erected by the Northerners.
Secret Societies
This man was never supposed to be President, and was hated by Congress and by much of the nation when he became President after Lincoln's death
Andrew Johnson
This Southern General was one of the best and most successful fighters of the war
General Robert E. Lee
This is the term for the time directly after the Civil War, when, “the reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states back into the Union after the Civil War” was the stated goal of the government
The Reconstruction Era
What were some of the advantages the North had? (name at least two)
More troops, more factories, more railroads, bigger base population
These laws, part of the Black Codes passed in the South after the Civil War, declared that if an African-American was unemployed and didn’t have a permanent residence they a vagrant, and could be arrested
Vagrancy Laws
What speech did President Lincoln start with the words, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation”
The Gettysburg Address
These poor farmers worked land owned by other people, giving the landowner a share of the crops as their rent
Sharecroppers
President Andrew Johnson was a strong supporter of these rights, which granted states more authority and freedom to enact discriminatory laws like Black Codes, etc.
State's Rights
After seceding from Virginia, this newly created state became a border state when it joined the Union in 1863
West Virginia
Pay the state a small fee in order for prisoners to do labor on their land
This President was a General before he ran for Office
Ulysses S. Grant
In order to escape the widespread acts of discrimination and violence in the South, some African-Americans decided to move out of the region - these African-Americans were nicknamed this
Exodusters
“To deprive (a person) of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship; to deprive (a person, place, etc.) some privilege or right.” is known as this
Disenfranchise / Disenfranchisement
What was the main advantage of the South?
Better military leadership
Another set of Black Codes came to be known as 'Disenfranchisement Laws' and were aimed at preventing African-Americans from ______________
They used tools such as a Poll Tax or an Education Test.
Voting
This President was drafted by the Republican Party to run for the office almost without his consent
Ulysses S Grant
This secret society in the South was founded to enforce the old racial prejudices of the Pre-Civil War time by acts of violence and terror against any African American who seemed to be getting 'uppity'- which might mean getting wealth, being a community leader, or attempting to vote, among other things.
The Klu Klux Clan
The general name for the sets of laws passed in the South after the end of the Civil War, whose goal was to restrict the rights and freedoms of the newly freed slaves
Black Codes
What were the main characteristics of the Border States? (name at least two)
They shared borders with both the north and the south, they stayed loyal to the union, they were slave states, they had much of the resources and farmland that helped support the north
Black Codes were laws that discriminated against African-Americans and passed throughout the South in the former states of the Confederacy in an attempt to _______________________
Prevent things from changing; keep freed African Americans from being equal or have a voice.
Lincoln's goal when he became president was to _________________________
Preserve the Union
This Northern General was very reluctant to fight battles, resulting in his eventual firing by Lincoln. Despite this, he ran for the Presidency against Lincoln in 1864.
General George McClellan
What is the name for a type of stage make-up and acting in which a white actor covers their face with dark paint or make-up, and acts out extreme variations of clownish African-American stereotypes
"Black-Face," or "Black-Face Minstrelsy"
What did the South decide to do with African-American troops from the North (and their officers)?
Captured African-American troops were to be sold into slavery; captured white officers leading them were to be shot