Amendments
What is the 13th Amendment?
Freed slaves
The term "Reconstruction" in United States history refers to the period after what event?
the Civil War
What agency helped former slaves find homes and employment?
Freedmen's Bureau
On what grounds did the state lawmakers claim to remove these new black members of the Georgia General Assembly?
The state constitution did not recognize Blacks' rights to hold public office.
This restaurant in Atlanta serves more Coca-Cola than any other single restaurant in the world.
The Varsity
What is the 14th Amendment?
Grants citizenship to all born in America or naturalized.
Who's Reconstruction Plan was known as the "10% Plan"?
Lincoln
What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality.
Ku Klux Klan
How did Black leaders respond to this removal?
They assembled to protest and decide what actions to take.
His first boxing match after changing his name from Cassius Clay was in Georgia.
Muhammad Ali
What is the 15th Amendment?
Gives the right to vote to black men.
What Reconstruction Plan represented a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill-feelings after the War.
Johnson/Presidential
Who's members MOST LIKELY intimidated Southern voters in order to achieve the Klan's political ideals.
Ku Klux Klan
What did it take for this removal to finally be reversed, allowing Black citizens to serve in the Georgia Assembly again?
U.S. Congress had to pass an act and sent in military support to help maintain order.
Only one state has more counties than Georgia.
Texas
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments called/known as?
Civil War Amendments
What was the attitude of the republicans in Congress when thinking about Reconstruction?
"The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."
A person from the North who would move to the South in order to make money following the Civil War.
Carpetbagger
In what town did black lawmakers assemble to protest?
Macon
What is the number one agricultural product in Georgia?
a "broiler" (chicken)
The Civil War Amendments mostly impacted the rights of what group?
blacks/African Americans
Was Reconstruction considered a success or failure?
Failure
A person in South who supported the Reconstruction policies of the Federal government.
Scalawag
What crop was produced more than any other in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era?
Cotton
What Georgia city has more cherry blossom trees than any other city in the world, including Washington D.C.?
Macon