Legislation
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolish slavery
What was the group that terrorized African Americans in the south?
Ku Klux Klan
Why did Lincoln not want to punish the south after the Civil War?
He wanted the Union to come back together as soon as possible
What was a carpetabgger?
Northern whites who moved south to start businesses or pursue political office
What was Freedmen's Bureau?
An agency set up to assist the freedmen during Reconstruction
What did the 14th amendment do?
stated that all people born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens, African Americans are equally protected under the law, and no one can get life, liberty, or property taken away from them
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that separated whites and blacks
Who did Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan favor?
The south
What was a scalawag?
Southern whites who opposed secession and supported the Republicans and the reform effort
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson decide?
That separate but equal was legal
What did the 15th amendment do?
Gave African Americans the right to vote
What was a literacy test?
Test to see if you could read or write to vote
The Radical Republicans had what two goals during Reconstruction?
Give more rights to blacks and punish the south
What was a sharecropper?
An African American bound to servitude as they worked on plantations and became in debt to the plantation owners
What were some issues that the south faced after the Civil War?
Loss of free labor, disabled Confederate soldiers, destroyed homes, worthless money
What did Lincoln's 10% Plan require?
That 10% of voters in the south swear a loyalty oath
What was a poll tax?
Tax to pay before voting
Who was the president who got impeached during Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What did the Radical Republicans impose on the South?
Military rule
What did the Wade Davis Bill require?
50% of voters in the south had to swear a loyalty oath
What was the grandfather clause?
If your grandfather couldn't vote then you couldn't vote
Who won the election of 1876 which officially ended Reconstruction?
Rutherford B Hayes
Who was Homer Plessy?
A man who had some African American blood that was found guilty for sitting in the wrong section on a train
Why were sharecroppers always in an endless cycle of debt?
They had to give a portion of their crops to the plantation owner and if they had a bad harvest or had to buy something they went into debt for the next year