Amendments/Laws
Abolished slavery in the U.S.
13th Amendment
This is the period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
Reconstruction
This is why Congress felt it was necessary to establish military districts in the South
to protect Freedmen and their right to vote
This agency was created by Congress to help former slaves
Freedmen's Bureau
This was Lincoln's main goal for Reconstruction
To reunite the nation as quickly and painlessly as possible
Granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. and guaranteed all citizens equal protection under the law
14th Amendment
These people make up the new voters during Congressional and Southern Reconstruction
Freedmen, Carpetbaggers & Southerners loyal to the Union
The Reconstruction Acts divided the southern states into these, each governed and protected by the federal military.
five military districts
This is primary purpose of the Black Codes
To limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
This is the reason Carpetbaggers from the North were not welcomed in the South
Because they profited off the South's destruction and misfortune
These two things had a greater impact on African American voters than white voters because whites were exempted under a grandfather clause
literacy tests and poll taxes
During Southern Reconstruction, this is the percentage of African Americans who were voted into the new Republican State Governments
About 20 percent
The South passed these when Democrats returned to power. Their purpose was to segregate African Americans and whites in public.
Jim Crow Laws
This originally seemed like a good way for African Americans to make a living, but it usually led to a life of poverty and debt
Sharecropping
This event got Republican Hayes elected Presidents but took all remaining federal troops out of the South, allowing the return of "white man's rule"
The Compromise of 1877
Declared that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race, color, or because the person was once a slave
15th Amendment
These people were banned from voting during Congressional and Southern Reconstruction
Former Confederates
These are the four main reasons southern whites hated the Southern Reconstruction Governments
What is higher taxes, corruption, freedmen voting/holding office, northern interference
These laws were created to combat violence against African Americans
The Enforcement Acts
These are the two newly guaranteed rights that prompted southerners to form the KKK
African Americans voting and holding office
This Supreme Court decision legalized segregation as long as "separate but equal" facilities were provided
Plessy v. Ferguson
These are the five parts of President Johnson's Reconstruction plan
new constitution, elect a new state government, repeal act of secession, cancel war debts, & ratify 13th amendment
These are the three things Congress tried to achieve when they established military districts
form legal states with new constitutions, give freedmen full citizenship and allow freedmen to vote
Along with the main purpose of trying to control the freedmen, these are the three other purposes of the Black Codes
Limit the rights of freedmen, help planters find workers to replace their slaves and to keep freedmen at the bottom of the social structure
These are the two acts designed to reduce Andrew Johnson's power to interfere with Congressional Reconstruction
The Command of the Army Act and The Tenure of Office Act