Mr. President
Under President Johnson, this territory was acquired
Alaska
Name given to black slaves that were now free
Freedmen
How many Amendments were passed during Reconstruction?
2
White southerner who supported Reconstruction
Scalawag
Define carpetbagger
Northerners that came South taking gov't office, building businesses, starting schools for black americans etc.
Impeached by Radical Republicans
Andrew Johnson
President Johnson offered pardon or _____ to Southerners who'd swear loyalty to the Union
Amnesty
Ended slavery
The Thirteenth Amendment
Group organized by former Confederate Soldiers
Ku Klux Klan
Restrictive laws that placed African Americans in an inferior position to white people
Black Codes
Won the contested election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
How long did Reconstruction last?
12 year
Created to ensure the Civil Rights Act of 1866 could not be deemed unconstitutional
The Fourteenth Amendment
Define "Redeemers"
Group of Southerners who wanted to redeem the South from Blacks and Republicans in office
Towns built by owners or investors for workers near factories or mills
Mill Towns
Republican President who passed the 15th Amendment
Ulysses S. Grant
What are the 3 phases of Reconstruction?
Presidential, Congressional, Radical
Kept states from denying any citizen the right to vote
The Fifteenth Amendment
Describe the economic system of sharecropping
Farming small plots, borrowing for seeds and tools, paying debts during harvest, not ever making enough to break even or turn a profit
Agency created to assist former slaves by locating jobs, provided food and clothes, established school and hospitals for black americans.
Freedmen's Bureau
Put the Presidents in Chronological order from 16-19
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes
What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?
Sent Northern Armies to the South to make sure they were following the laws Congress had enacted
Used by the North to fight against Southern black codes
The Fourteenth Amendment
No it wasn't. Lack of interest, pulling out of Northern Troops, development of KKK, sharecropping, pool taxes, literacy tests all kept black americans from real freedom
Democratic