Reconstruction group
Who was the Scalawag?
White Southerners that supported the Union.
What did the 13th amendment do?
outlawed slavery
Which plan was the easiest on the South and which plan was the hardest on the South?
Lincoln's plan was the easiest and the Republican Plan was the hardest on the South.
Describe the political role of the planter elite during Reconstruction.
They refused to vote or take part in the government
What marked the end of reconstruction in SC?
the 1876 election of former Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton III and United States Federals Govern. pulled the last troops out of the South.
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Northerner whites that moved South after the war.
What services did the Freedmen's Bureau provide?
They provided food, clothes, and education to former slaves.
Why did Lincoln want a simple and easy Reconstruction Plan?
To end the war as quickly as possible and to unite the South back to the Union.
How did the planter elite attempt to control former slaves?
They used intimidation and violence to attempt to control former slaves.
How did South Carolina's 1895 Constitution impact African American?
It placed limits on the right to vote.
Who made up the Republican Party in the South?
African American or freedmen, Scalawag and Carpetbagger.
Who gained political power in the South when the North lost interest in reconstruction?
Conservative Democrats.
What was the purpose of the Radical Republican Plan?
To protect the rights of newly freed slaves.
Why did the planter elite enter into sharecropping agreement?
They needed workers to work on their plantation and harvest their crop, since slavery ended.
What idea was supported by the United States Supreme Court in the 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson decision?
separate but equal
Who did small farmers compete with for jobs?
African American sharecropping.
How did South Carolina's 1895 constitution impact African American?
It limited their rights to vote.
What was Johnson's Plan?
The citizens of the South had to take an oath of loyalty, and once 10% of the state had taken the oath the state could rejoin the Union, same as the Lincoln's Plan.
How did the planter elite felt when former slaves leave their plantation/ what was their reaction?
They reacted with anger, resentment and felt betrayed.
What politicals impact did the "Redeemers" have on state government?
the elite exercised political control as they had before the war
Why did most white SC oppose the SC Constitution of 1868?
They were written by former slave, Scalawag and Carpetbaggers
Why did Lincoln want a simple and easy Reconstruction Plan?
Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan and the Radical Republican plan.