Reconstruction Basics
What does "Reconstruction" refer to?
What is the federal government's plan to restore the South to the United States?
Who became President after Lincoln and had a more lenient approach to Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote?
15th
What system replaced slavery for many former slaves during Reconstruction?
What is sharecropping?
What event is often noted as signaling the end of Reconstruction?
What were the "Reconstruction amendments"?
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
Which President is known for the Ten Percent Plan?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
What is to help southern Blacks who were homeless and jobless after the War?
What was a major criticism of black codes?
What is that they replaced slavery with a similar system?
Which President promised to end Reconstruction as part of a political deal?
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
This amendment allowed all citizens to vote
15th amendment
What organization was formed to limit the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction?
KKK
What were Black Codes?
What are laws designed to control the behavior and labor of African Americans?
How did sharecropping affect freedmen after the Civil War?
What is many became locked into a cycle of debt and fell into poverty?
What was "home rule" in the context of Reconstruction?
What is the withdrawal of federal troops and full amnesty for former Confederates?