Reconstruction

Reconstruction 1

100

The right to arrest an African American for not having a job. 

Vagrancy Laws (Black Codes)

200

Mostly young, literate men looking for opportunity 

Carpetbaggers

300

Proof that one could read or understand to vote

Literacy Test (limit 15th amendment)

400

Provided food, clothing, healthcare and education to both white and African American refugee

Freemen's Bureau 

500

Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to African Americans 

14th amendment

Reconstruction 2

100

This President prioritized unity when proposing Reconstruction legislation. 

President Lincoln 

200

Provide farmers with housing, seeds, and tools. 

Sharecropper

300

Laws that kept white and blacks separate. 

Jim Crow Laws 

400

Favored punishment and hard terms to Confederate States

Radical Republicans 

500

Constitutional amendment that vote cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous servitude

15th amendment 

Reconstruction 3

100

This group prioritized compromise, in order to gain more seats in Congress. 

Redeemers

200

Farmer A had to buy his farming supplies and could decide what crop to grow. He would then owe a percentage of his crop to owner of the land

Share-tenancy

300

Court case that stated "separate but equal"

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

400

To protect African Americans from violence 

Military Reconstruction Act (Military districts or presence) 

500

Made slavery unconstitutional 

13th amendment 

Reconstruction 4

100

African Americans ran for this political party.

Republican

200

Farmer Ben had to pay rent to his landowner. 

Tenant Farming

300

Federal gov. had no control over how state chose to define citizen 

Slaughterhouse cases (limit 14th amendment)

400

Legislation that made it a federal offense to interfere with the right to vote of citizens

Enforcement Acts (act against the KKK)

500

citizens the right to ride trains and use public facilities but left to the courts to decide how it applied

Civil Rights Act of 1875

Reconstruction 5

100

Northern, white men who came seeking improve their political and economic situation 

Scalawag

200

Pay $1 to $2 to vote. 

Poll Tax (limit 15th amendment)

300

Federal gov could protect from state gov but not action of citizens

Cruikshank Case (restrict 14th amendment)

400

Granted citizenship to African Americans and outlaw Black Codes

Civil Rights Act of 1866 (favored federal or state rights)