People
Hiram Rhodes
1st African American in the US Senate
13th Amendment
abolished slavery
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
An organization that helped freed slaves obtain food, clothing, housing, and education.
What did Lincoln's 10%/Amnesty Plan do?
It pardoned the Southerners. It required 10 percent of the 1860 voting population to sign allegiance to the US and freed the slaves.
Southern state governments tried to block the voting rights of the Freedmen by....
-poll taxes to vote (You had to pay to vote.)
-literacy tests (You had to be able to read and write to vote.)
-Grandfather clause (You could only vote if your grandfather voted.)
-prevented property ownership
Who ran for president in the election of 1876?
Samuel Tilden
Rutherford B.. Hayes
What was a Freedman?
An emancipated slave.
14th Amendment
If you are born in the United States, then you are a citizen of the United States.
List the accomplishments of the Freedmen's Bureau.
1. built schools
2. built shelters
3. Voter registration of African Americans
What was the goal of Reconstruction?
To bring the Confederate States back into the Union.
Why was sharecropping bad?
African Americans were constantly in debt. They had to pay to farm the land. If the crop was bad, then they owed money for the rent and supplies.
What was the result of the election of 1876?
There was no clear winner declared.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's vice president
15th Amendment
Gave all male citizens the right to vote
What was Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction? Did it work?
Like Lincoln, Johnson wanted to go easy on the South.
It didn't work because Radical Republicans impeached Johnson.
What was the KKK?
Ku Klux Klan a group that terrorized freed African Americans.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Hayes becomes president and Reconstruction ends.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
An extreme group of Republican Congressmen who wanted to punish the South.
Why was the 14th Amendment proposed and what ruling did it overturn?
The 14th Amendment counter acted the Black Codes that would not allow African Americans equal rights.
It overturned the the Dred Scott decision which said that slaves were not citizens.
What did the Radical Republican Plan propose?
1. Divide the South into 5 military districts.
2. Civil Rights Act for African Americans
What happened to President Lincoln? How did it effect Reconstruction?
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. His 10% plan turned into Radical Reconstruction which punished the Southern states.
What effect did the 15th Amendment have?
African Americans could now vote and run for office.
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do?
1. Overturned Black Codes
2. Led to the 14th Amendment that allowed all male citizens the right to vote.
What did the Black Codes do?
Limited the power of Reconstruction Amendments.
1. Poll tax to prevent African Americans from voting.
2. Literacy tests
3. Grandfather clause