why is the 13th amendment important?
it outlawed slavery
who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who were "carpetbaggers"?
Northerners who moved South after the Civil War
What system of farming involved farmers working land for owners in exchange for a share of the crop?
Sharecropping
How would the KKK dress?
what are civil rights?
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
why was Lincolns plan called the 10% Plan?
a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.
What were people who had been enslaved and then set free called?
Freedmen
What was Lincoln's main concern when creating a Reconstruction Plan?
reunite the north and south
What was the main goal of White Leagues?
They wanted to restore white supremacy and limit the rights of Black people.
What Amendments were known as the Civil War/Reconstruction Amendments?
13th, 14th, 15th
Was Radical Reconstruction going to be lenient on former confederates?
NO!!!! They wanted them to pay for what they did
What is the term for making changes to improve a system or practice?
Reform
What were the "Black Codes"?
Laws controlling freed people in the South
What was the primary purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To assist former slaves and poor whites in the South
what is the difference between black codes and Jim Crow laws?
Black codes were created to restrict the rights of former slaves.
Jim Crow laws enforced segregation.
Under Johnsons plan, if a former confederate pledged to be loyal to the Union, would they be granted amnesty?
YES
What does the term "amnesty" mean in the context of Reconstruction?
Granting pardons to a large number of people
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South
What were 2 tactics the KKK used?
Terror, violence (lynching), burning crosses and buildings
What was an unfair type of labor newly freed slaves often partook in?
Sharecropping
What was a key element of Lincoln's 10% Plan?
10% of Southern whites had to take a loyalty oath for a state to be readmitted
Who were referred to as "scalawags" during Reconstruction?
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction
What does this tell you about the KKK and White Leagues?
They had very similar ideals and both used violence to suppress Black Americans.
What was the outcome of Plessy v. Ferguson?