Vocab 1
When did the Reconstruction Era happen?
The Reconstruction era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877,
Who were the 2 presidents we talked about during Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
What were the three reconstruction plans?
Lincoln's Amnesty/10% Plan, Johnson's Restoration Plan, Radical Republican's Wade-Davis Bill
Define "rural" and describe which side of the country was more rural at the time of Reconstruction
"Separation of the races" is generally defined as....
Segregation
What does the word reconstruction mean?
The act of reconstructing, rebuilding, or reassembling, or the state of being reconstructed: the gigantic task of reconstruction after a fire.
What plan did Abraham Lincoln come up with during Reconstruction?
Amnesty Plan; 10% Plan
This reconstruction plan wanted African-Americans to have complete equality in America...
Low pay, long hours, and dangerous conditions all describes...
The working conditions of the Gilded Age
These laws set up segregation in the South...
Jim Crow Laws
This agency form the Reconstruction Period helped African Americans make the transition to freedom, specifically by distributed food, clothing, and jobs.
The Freedmen's Bureau
Unifying the United States as quickly as possible, forgiving the southerners, giving some rights to African Americans & keeping public support were all the goals of...
Abraham Lincoln
In your own words, describe how the conditions of segregation were different for white and black people...
The white amenities tended to be nicer, kept up with
Describe the difference between Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes
Jim Crow established segregation, Black Codes were slavery in disguise and restricted rights
This amendment states that you cannot deny the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
15th Amendment
These laws were passed in the South just after the Civil War and they aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers; REASTBLISHED SLAVERY IN DISGUISE
What was Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, and why was it particularly harsh on the former slaves?
Restoration, he didn't want to give former slaves anymore rights/he wanted former confederate generals to still be in charge.
These two voting restrictions often stopped African-Americans, and sometimes poor whites, from voting in the South...
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
Define the 3 Reconstruction Amendments and then put them in the correct order...
If I said the President has been voted out of office, you would say he has been...
IMPEACHED
This amendment gave full citizenship to all people born in the United States, giving equal protection of the laws
14th Amendment
This act called for the creation of new militarily ran governments in the 10 southern states that had not ratified the 14th and 15th Amendment
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Describe the system of sharecropping....
Describe the social, political, and economic differences between north and south
Why did African Americans start sharecropping, and why did they end up staying in sharecropping?
Black Codes, cycle of poverty kept them in debt