Reconstruction Amendments
The Positives
The Negatives
More Negatives, Reconstruction was not kind to African-americans.
Mixed Bag, can be answered by anyone, even people who have gone already.
100
This Amendment banned slavery in the United States forever.
What is the 13th Amendment.
100
This government organization provided help to ex slaves.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau.
100
These "colorful" laws forced African Americans to get jobs and limited where they could work.
What are the Black Codes.
100
This was a group of white supremacists that would attack and intimidate African Americans.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
100
He is Lincoln's vice President and takes over when he is assassinated.
Who is Andrew Johnson.
200
This solved the problem of African Americans not having any voting rights.
What is the 15th Amendment.
200
The Freedmen's Bureau provided this specific kind of help. (Give me 3 examples)
What is land, food, jobs, education, money, and shelter.
200
This is a virtual form of slavery where free blacks would be in debt to a land owner and constantly have to work for them for free.
What is sharecropping.
200
This court case made segregation legal, as long as it was equal. (separate but equal)
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
200
If you were African-American, you had to be able to pass this in order to vote.
What is a literacy test.
300
The 15th Amendment didn't allow these people to vote.
Who are women.
300
This divided the South into 5 parts filled with soldiers to protect African Americans.
What is the Military Reconstruction Act.
300
These were laws that separated people based on their race, also known as segregation.
What are Jim Crow Laws.
300
This forced African-americans to pay a fee in order to vote, a fee which many could not afford.
What is the poll tax.
300
This allowed white people whose relatives could vote prior to 1867 allow them to vote without having to pass a literacy test or pay a tax.
What is the Grandfather Clause.
400
The 14th Amendment did this for African Americans.
What is make them citizens of the United States.
400
Made it illegal to prevent someone from trying to vote.
What is the Enforcement Acts.
400
The Compromise of 1877 removed soldiers from the South in exchange for this person to become President.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes.
400
This allowed former Confederate soldiers to vote again. Most of who voted for anti-African American legislation.
What is the Amnesty Act of 1872.
400
These were northerners who moved to the weakened South to make money. They were named after a type of accessory they had.
What is a carpet bagger.
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