Vocabulary
What is the definition of sharecropping?
The worker's would receive 50% of profits and the owner would receive 50% of profits from the crops.
What amendments were ratified during Reconstruction?
13th, 14th, 15th
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
A government organization created to help former slaves and white citizens transition into a new society.
Who was Abraham Lincoln assassinated by?
John Wilkes Booth
What did the Black Codes prevent freedmen from doing?
voting, going to school, owning land, getting a job
Definition of: Reconstruction
The rebuilding of the former Confederate States of America after the Civil War.
This amendment gave all men the right to vote
15th
The barrier to voting for African Americans said that if your ancestor didn't vote, neither could you
Grandfather Clause
Who wanted to be more lenient to the South rejoining the Union: Lincoln or Johnson?
Johnson
How did the Union help the South?
rebuilt roads and farms
built schools for poor and black children
laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers
This amendment outlawed slavery.
13th
The saying used to enforce Jim Crow Laws
"separate but equal"
Under Lincoln's Plan, what did states have to do to rejoin the Union?
Make slavery illegal.
True or False: All citizens, including men, women, white citizens, and black citizens were granted the ability to vote based on the 15th Amendment?
False
People who moved from the North to the South during reconstruction to try and make money off of the rebuilding.
Carpetbaggers
14th
How did the Freedman's Bureau aid people during Reconstruction?
provided food, clothing, and medical aid Established new schools to serve the African American community
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Who were the three presidents during Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation?
Jim Crow Laws
Formal changes made to a document
Amendment
What year was the Freedman's Bureau established?
1865
Explain why Lincoln's Plan and Johnson's Plan were both unsuccessful.
Lincoln was assassinated
Johnson was impeached
What was the impact of Reconstruction?
It was both a success and a failure
The South was able to rebuild, but it remained agricultural and poor.
African Americans gained more rights and equality.