The ___________________ was another name for the South during the Civil War.
What is The Confederacy
Which Amendment granted citizenship to Black Americans?
Who was president during the Civil War and into the beginning of Reconstruction?
Who is Lincoln
What is Sharecropping
__________________ is the name of the era in US history were the country had to rebuild after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
What is slavery
Which Amendment made slavery illegal
What is the 13th Amendment
What was the name of the group that would use fear and violence to intimidate African Americans?
The _______________________ was meant to punish Confederate leaders and protect the 15th Amendment but failed.
Lincoln Reconstruction Plan included...
What is no pardons for Confederate leaders.
Before the Civil War the northen economy was based on ________________ and the south was based on ______________________.
What is industry and agriculture from enslaved people
What is the loophole of the 13th Amendment?
What is "except for as punishment for a crime"
What is the name of the government organization that was created to support newly freed enslaved people?
What is the Freedman's Bureau
________________ were laws the unjustly targeted Black Americans to inprison them.
Black Codes
The 14th Amendment shifted the protection of citizenship to...
What is the States (From the Federal govt)
When did the Civil War occur?
What is 1861-1865
How has the 13th Amendment impacted modern Black Americans?
What is mass incarceration.
What is the name of the group who pushed for an absolute abolition of slavery and full freedom for freedmen in Congress?
Who are the Radical Republicans?
Why did the Freedman's Bureau fail?
What is lack of funding
What was the name of the guy who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilks Booth
What states were considered border states during the war (name two).
What is Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky or Missouri
What group of people was excluded from the 15th Amedment?
Who are all women
The __________________ were people who moved from the North to take advantage of opportunities in the South after the war.
Who are Carpetbaggers.
This law stated that any freed person committing mischief, seditious speech or insulting language shall be imprisoned.
What was the name of the theater were Lincoln was assassinated? (it's famous)
Ford Theater in Washington DC