Reconstruction 1
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What crop was the dominant source of income in the South during the Civil War era?
Cotton
What is the bringing of formal charges against a public official called
What is Impeachment
What term defines the enforcement of separating races
Segregation
In the South, what was the name of the charge/fee that had to be paid to be allowed to vote?
Poll Tax
What was the name given to a laborer who worked the land for the farmer who owned it, in exchange for a share of the CROPS?
Sharecropper
What was the 14th amendment?
Anyone born in the United States is a citizen
This started as a Confederate social club and later became a violent terrorist organization whose purpose was to deny African Americans their constitutional rights.
Klu Klux Klan
What was the point of the poll tax and the literacy test?
To prevent African Americans to vote
What year was the 13th amendment approved by Congress?
1865
What laws were passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War that restricted the rights of formerly enslaved people?
Black Codes
Did Abraham Lincoln live to see his plan of Reconstruction implemented in the South?
No
What does the 15th Amendment guarantee?
It allows all men to vote regardless of their race or if they were former slaves
Laws used by southern states to control and limit the freedoms of African Americans
Black Codes
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords Theatre
What is the term that describes forced labor without pay?
Slavery
What was the purpose of The Freedmans Bureau?
Established schools, provided jobs, healthcare, food, clothing, and legal assistance to newly freed slaves in the South
Who took over for President Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
Who shot Abraham Lincoln, and what happened to him?
John Wilkes Booth and he was captured and killed
Who won the election of 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes
How many military districts in the South were established with the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
5
Why did sharecropping lead to a cycle of poverty?
the sharecroppers often owed more than they had earned and had no choice but to offer the landlord a greater percentage of next years crop
In 1876, Rutherford B Hayes won the presidency. He secured the victory by promising to end what?
Reconstruction in the South
Lincoln 10% plan called for
10% of state to take a loyalty oath
Union General William T. Sherman ordered the destruction of all railroads, factories, and commercial buildings of that were most important to the Confederacy. What city literally burned to the ground?
Atlanta, Georgia