After the Civil War
These Northerners came to the South during Reconstruction. Some came to help the South rebuild after the Civil War and some came to take advantage of a bad situation and tried to get rich quick and some wanted to help the newly freed slaves.
Carpetbaggers
What is the separation of people based on their race.
segregation
The amendment that made slavery illegal in the United States.
13th Amendment
What did President Lincoln want after the Civil War?
Reconciliation, not punishment for the South
Which state was the first to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War?
Tennessee
These laws limited the rights of freed African Americans in the South.
Black Codes
Lincoln wanted Two requirements for a state to be readmitted to the Union. What are they?
1) 10% of population must swear an oath of loyalty to the U. S.
2) make slavery illegal
2 reasons why the South was in such bad shape after the Civil War.
1) Most of the battles had been fought in the South and a lot of damage had been done
2) Confederate money was worthless in the United States
3) Much of the wealth of the South had been held in the slaves who were now free
The amendment that made all people born in the United States citizens of the United States.
14th Amendment
This agency was set up by the federal government to provide food, clothing, education, employment and shelter for African Americans and poor whites in the South.
Freedman's Bureau
Laws that legally separated or segregated blacks and whites. These laws created separate facilities such as restrooms, schools, hospitals, water fountains, etc. for each race.
"Jim Crow" Laws
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
What president was the "Veto President"?
Andrew Johnson
This group in the South terrorized Blacks in order to prevent them from exercising their rights (especially their right to vote).
Ku Klux Klan
This Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation in the South was legal. This phrase is "separate but equal".
Plessy vs. Ferguson