After the Civil War
List two conditions of the South after the Civil War
Cities had been burned, farmland was ruined, railroads destroyed, confederate money was worthless, state governments needed to be reconstructed.
True or false: President Johnson was removed from office.
False
True or false: Black people were often still denied the opportunity to vote or hold office
True
The Reconstruction was unpopular with what group of people?
White southerners
Who were the 5 groups of American Indians who were relocated (moved) to Indian territory?
Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole
Define what Freedmen's Schools are
Schools that were created after the Civil War to educate freed slaves
What group of people vote on whether to remove a president from office?
Senate (they need 2/3 of the vote)
Define "carpetbagger"
Northerners who came south. Named after carpetbags which were small suitcases made of pieces of carpet.
Which group of people opposed the Reconstruction and used violent methods?
Ku Klux Klan
What is Vigilante justice?
Occurred in mining towns where there was no organized government. When someone committed a crime, men in the community would decide what the punishment would be.
Who taught in the Freedmen Schools?
Southern black and white men and women. Most were white women who came south with missionary societies.
Define the word "impeach"
To make an accusation against someone, especially someone in authority.
Define Scalawags
Southerns who supported the Reconstruction (they were viewed as traitors)
Name the groups of people that the Ku Klux Klan targeted (3)
Republican officeholders
Black men who were elected to office
Black men who voted
Black churches and schools
Successful black people
Black people who owned property
What was the Great American Desert known as and why?
America's Breadbasket
They grew Turkey Red wheat which grew well on the prairie even during the winter. It could be ground into flour and made into bread, so it was a good crop to sell.
List the three steps that President Johnson had for Reconstruction
The states had to approve the 13th Amendment
The states had to admit that secession was wrong
The states had to cancel the debts they owed as a result of fighting against the Union
What is the name of the Act that ensured that the laws that Congress passed were obeyed?
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
Which president asked Congress to pass the 15th Amendment?
What was the 15th Amendment?
Ulysses S. Grant
Did not allow states to deny black people the right to vote. No one can be denied the right to vote because of their race or skin color.
By 1876, there were democratic governments in most states except for 3 states. In order to try and win the election that year, list one of the actions that democratcs took to try to ensure victory.
Used armed men to keep black men away from polling (voting) places
Stuffed ballot boxes
They printed ballots that only listed democratic candidates
What was the name of the Battle where George Custer was defeated by the Indians?
Battle of Little Bighorn
List two of the responses that the states had toward President Johnson's plan for reconstruction after the Civil War.
Some states refused to ratify the 13th Amendment
South Carolina still insisted that it pay its war debts
Some states voted back in the leaders of the Confederacy
Southern states developed "Black Codes"
List the three parts of the 14 Amendment
Any person born in the United States is a US citizen
and a citizen of their state and can vote.
Any U.S citizen who fights against against the U.S (or breaks their oath) cannot hold office again unless Congress pardons them.
Debts owed by the Confederacy would not be paid by the U.S
What is a sharecropper?
Someone who raises crops for the owner of the land and received some money from the sale of crops as payment.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Laws that segregated black people
Could not use the same public places as white people
The public places that black people had to use were not as nice as the public places for white people
Where did the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads meet?
Promontory Summit, Utah