Vocab
What best defines reconstruction?
The Reconstruction era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877,
Who were 2 presidents during Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes
What were the three reconstruction plans?
Lincolns plan,Johnsons plan,and radical plan
How did newly freed slaves benefit from Reconstruction?
Former slaves had to pass this kind of test to prove a 5th grade education in order to vote
Literacy
Name 1 of the goals of Reconstruction
1. Bring the South back to the Union
2. Provide rights to former slaves
This man assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
What was the 10 percent plan?
Lincoln's proposal offered lenient terms of pardon and amnesty to Confederates who swore allegiance to the United States.
This organization existed to help newly freed slaves become part of every day life
Freedmen's Bureau
Former slaves could vote if their ancestors had voted in previous elections
Grandfather Clause
What was the 13th Amendment?
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude ... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Slavery is abolished
What was the criticism of Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan?
Too lenient
What Reconstruction plan was the harshest?
The Plessy v. Ferguson court case said that segregation was legal as long as facilities were:
Separate but Equal
Former slaves could vote if they paid this:
Poll Tax
What was the 14th Amendment?
Citizenship is granted to everyone who is a Natural-Born Citizen. All citizens are eligible for the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property...
What was Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South.
What plan was adopted for Reconstruction?
Restrictive laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to control the freedom and labor of newly emancipated African Americans
Black Codes
The 2 derogatory terms used by white Southerners to describe white Southerners and Northerners who supported reforms, civil rights, and modernization of the South.
Carpetbaggers & Scalawags
What was the 15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied... by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Union general that eventually became the 18th President
Ulysses S. Grant
Rank the following by the easiest/lenient on the South to the hardest/most strict on the South:
1. Lincoln's Plan
2. Radical Republican's Plan
3. Johnson's Plan
3. Johnson's Plan
1. Lincoln's Plan
2. Radical Republican's Plan
Laws that enforced segregation, especially in the South.
What was one of the failures of the Reconstruction era?
The economy in the South was not rebuilt, and the rights of African Americans were not protected.