Enslaved people who had been freed by the civil war
What are FREEDMEN
100
Was an attempt to describe the rise of a South after the Civil War which would no longer be dependent on now-outlawed slave labor or predominantly upon the raising of cotton, but rather a South which was also industrialized and part of a modern national economy
What is the NEW SOUTH
100
Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war
What are RADICAL REPUBLICANS
100
Abolished slavery everywhere in the united states
What is the 13TH AMENDMENT
100
Person who rents land from another person and farms in exchange for a share of the crop
What is a SHARECROPPER
200
Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
What are BLACK CODES
200
A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
What is SEGREGATION
200
Agency created by Congress as the war ended to assist Civil War refugees and freed former slaves.
What is the FREEDMANS BUREAU
200
Made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country
What is the 14TH AMENDMENT
200
Disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
What is a CONSERVATIVE
300
The "separate but equal" segregation laws state and local laws enacted in the Southern and border states of the United States and enforced between 1876 and 1965
What are JIM CROW LAWS
300
A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states.
What is a CARPETBAGGER
300
Punish south, protect former slaves; US military occupation of South, Confederate military leaders needed pardon to hold office, protect Blacks right to vote
What is RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION
300
Banned states from denying African Americans the right to vote
What is 15TH AMENDMENT
300
A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution.
What is AMNESTY
400
A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep african americans from obtaining their civil rights
What is the KU KLUX KLAN
400
Southern whites who supported republican policy throughout reconstruction
What is a SCALAWAG
400
Bill passed in 1864 which set forth stringent requirements for Confederate states readmission to the Union. Vetoed by President Lincoln who favored a more lenient plan
What is the WADE DAVIS BILL
400
A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
What is a POLL TAX
400
Legal process to formally charge the president with misconduct in office
What is IMPEACH
500
a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
What is PLESSY V. FERGUSON
500
Threw out the state governments that had refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment—all the former Confederate states except Tennessee. The act also divided the South into five military districts. Army commanders were given broad powers to enforce Reconstruction.
What is the RECONSTRUCTION ACT
500
A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president.
Who is ANDREW JOHNSON
500
Exempted citizens from restrictions on voting they, or their ancestors, had voted in previous elections or served in the confederate military
What is a GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
500
Often reconstruction is referred to as the second what?