Reconstruction Acts
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into….(finish the statement)
Five military districts
What was President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan?
did not allow leaders of the Confederacy to be elected to Congress.
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?
Provide medical aid, established schools, provide food and clothing
In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, the Supreme Court ruled that….(finish the statement)
Segregation was legal where there were separate but equal facilities
What is segregation?
People are separated by race
What finally ended Reconstruction?
Hayes’s removal of federal troops from the South
What did Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan call for?
10 % of voters in each southern state to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.
What did most Black Americans turn to after the Civil War to make a living?
sharecropping
How did the passage of the 15th Amendment affect the number of black men who voted in the South and North?
More black men vote in both the North and South
What did the KKK want to do?
Keep black people out of office
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 stated that…. (finish the statement)
Southern states have to ratify the 14th Amendment in order to rejoin the Union
What was the difference between Lincoln’s 10% plan and the Wade-Davis Bill for Reconstruction?
the Wade-Davis plan was more harsh and vengeful than the President’s plan.
What was the purpose of the poll tax?
To keep black people from voting
Slavery in the United States was officially banned which Amendment?
13th Amendment
Who were the hated targets of the KKK that came from the North to take advantage of the South after the war?
Carpetbaggers
Which of the Reconstruction plans recommended that freed slaves receive forty acres and a mule?
Military Reconstruction Plan
The Radical Republicans placed the blame for the war on the
Plantation owners
What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
Segregate people of different races
What is the 14th Amendment
What was the difference between a Carpet Bagger and a Scalawag?
carpetbaggers were northerners who went South to participate in Reconstruction, while scalawags were southerners who participated in Reconstruction.
What did reconstruction governments in the South do?
Build public schools, improve medical care, provide food and clothes, pass high tax measures
Why did the election of 1876 bring an end to Reconstruction?
Hayes agreed to end Reconstruction if southern Democrats supported him
Black Codes gave former slaves the right to do what?
Legally marry
What three things attempted to limit blacks’ rights?
Poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause
Daily Double: What year did Mr. Goodrich meet his wife?
2014