Reconstruction Basics
What was the main purpose of Reconstruction?
Rebuild the South and reunite the nation.
Which president was assassinated in April 1865?
Abraham Lincoln.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment.
What system kept freedmen in debt?
Sharecropping.
In what year did Reconstruction end?
1877.
Who created the 10% Plan?
Abraham Lincoln.
Who became president after Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson.
Which amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection?
14th Amendment.
What new right did African Americans gain during Reconstruction?
Voting and political participation.
What political agreement ended Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877.
What was Congress’s stricter plan called?
Wade–Davis Bill.
What organization helped freed people adjust to freedom?
Freedmen’s Bureau.
Which amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
15th Amendment.
Who typically provided land and tools in sharecropping?
The landowner.
Why did Northern support fade?
Racism, economic problems, and loss of interest.
What were laws restricting African Americans' rights called?
Black Codes.
What group terrorized African Americans and their allies?
Ku Klux Klan.
What phrase describes the equality guarantee of the 14th Amendment?
“Equal protection of the laws.”
Why was sharecropping hard to escape?
It caused constant debt.
What happened after federal troops left the South?
White supremacist governments regained power and rolled back Black rights.
Which branch took over Reconstruction from Johnson?
Congress (Radical Republicans).
Which group pushed for strict Reconstruction and Black rights?
Radical Republicans.
Put the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in order.
13th → 14th → 15th.
Name one method used to block Black voting rights after Reconstruction.
Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, intimidation.
What system of laws enforced segregation afterward?
Jim Crow laws.