People/Organizations
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party
Scalawags
Reuniting the nation and rebuilding the South
What was Reconstruction?
Ways that African Americans were affected by Black Codes
What was discrimination and segregation?
What is the 14th Amendment?
People who now can hold office during Reconstruction
Who were African Americans?
Established to aid former enslaved African Americans
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
These amendments were put in place to protect African American rights
What was the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Supervised the South and the enforcement of Reconstruction policies
Who were Federal troops (aka Norther soldiers)?
banned slavery in the US and all of its territories
What is the 13th Amendment?
1877
What year did Reconstruction end?
Urged Southerners to reconcile with the North. Was the president of Washington and Lee University.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Temporary act that gave African Americans equal rights
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
Laws that made segregation legal after Reconstruction
What were Jim Crow laws?
Guaranteed citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
1865
What was the year that Reconstruction began?
Powerful voice for human and civil rights. Fought hard to get Reconstruction Amendments passed.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
They supervised the South during Reconstruction
Who were Northern soldiers?
Laws that made segregation legal during Reconstruction
What were Black Codes?
Gave African American males the right to vote
What was the 15th Amendment?
Result of the compromise of the election of 1876 and federal troops leaving the South
What was the end of Reconstruction?
Wrote the 10% Plan for Reconstruction. Focused on reconciliation instead of punishing the South.
Who is Abe Lincoln?
The South was divided into 5 districts and each state added the 14th and 15th Amendment to their state constitution
What was the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
People who moved to the South from the North to take advantage of conditions in the South
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Also know as the Reconstruction Amendments
What were the 13th,14th,and 15th Amendments?
Group of people who are not allowed to hold office during Reconstruction
Who were southern military leaders?