Terms
What does it mean to reconstruct?
To build again
President who made slavery illegal
Abraham Lincoln
What's longer - the reconstruction or high school?
Reconstruction
How many years did the reconstruction last?
12 years
What was the purpose of the reconstruction?
Help the South become part of the Union again
Laws that said black people couldn't vote, go to school, own land, or even get jobs
Black codes
Known as the "Veto President"
Andrew Johnson
Which part of the United States was destroyed - North or South?
South
What percent of people in a state needed to support the Union in order to rejoin?
10%
Which war did the reconstruction occur after?
The Civil War
Northern people who move to the south to make money
Carpetbaggers
Which president was assassinated?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the unfair laws called - white codes or black codes?
Black codes
Which amendment outlawed slavery?
13th
What did Congress do when Johnson became president?
Pass laws that were not fair for the Southern people
White Southerners who joined the Republican Party and helped with the Reconstruction
Scalawags
Who became president after Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
Which state was the first to join the Union in 1866 - Tennessee or Georgia?
Tennessee
What year did the reconstruction start?
1865
What was destroyed in the Southern United States?
Crops and buildings
Helped set up schools for black people and children to attend
Freedman's Bureaus
Which president ended the reconstruction?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which amendment gave all people the right to vote regardless of race - 13th or 15th?
15th
When did the reconstruction end?
1877
What did the Union do to help the South during Reconstruction?
Rebuilt roads and schools for poor children
Helped farms