Reconstruction I
Amendment XIII was...
That abolished slavery throughout the U.S.
Awarded slave families 40 acres of land
and a mule...
Special Field Order 15
Northerners who came South to serve in state governments
Carpetbaggers
Southern governments kept African Americans from voting after ___________the Amendment
fifteenth
Confederates were banned from
holding public office
Black Codes prevented African Americans from[list three]:
owning firearms, serving on juries, voting, and etc.
Assisted former slaves in finding jobs and fair wages
Freedman’s Bureau
White Southerners who were willing to assist Republicans in Reconstruction...
Scalawags
_______ complete separation of the races
Segregation
Guaranteed all equal...
Protection
The ______ reunite the country as quickly as possible from president lincoln.
Ten Percent Plan
This made that anyone denying former slaves’ rights faced a $1,000 fine and/or one year in jail(+ year extra points)
Civil Rights Act [1866]
How many African American congressmen were elected during Reconstruction
Sixteen
States violating citizens’ rights would lose
representation in Congress
This featured former slaves and poor whites working land that they didn’t own
Sharecropping
This freed slaves, but only in areas controlled by the Confederacy...
Emancipation Proclamation
Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first “___________________” of the KKK.
Grand Wizard
June 1866: proposed by two thirds of...
congress
Andrew Johnson was a member of [political party] and was from [which state]?
Democratic party
Tennessee
Hiram Revels became the first black...
Senate
In Congressional Reconstruction, the “Ironclad” oath was citizens that had never _________ helped the Confederacy
voluntarily
July 1868: ratified by three fourths of
the states