Miscellaneous 1
After the Civil War/during Reconstruction, this crop was produced more than any other in Georgia...
Cotton
Black codes in the south can be described as __________ laws.
A. Voting
B. Farming and agriculture
C. Economic
D. Segregation
D. Segregation
Which Reconstruction Plan was seen as being too easy on the southern states?
Congressional or Presidential
If landowners forced farmers to work on their land and grow crops without paying them, which amendment would they be violating?
13th Amendment
This amendment was passed to abolish/get rid of slavery
13th Amendment
What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
To prevent freedmen from exercising their newly gained rights; often through intimidation or violence
What is one accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?
Establishing many schools that allowed freedmen to receive an education
Name one specific action Congress took as part of Congressional Reconstruction.
Passed a law placing southern states under military control
How did sharecroppers often end up in a cycle of debt?
Sharecroppers owed money to the landowner every year and this caused them to never make money
This amendment gave all black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
What were "black codes" in the south?
Laws in the south meant to restrict the rights of freedmen and discriminate against African Americans or blacks
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau when it was created?
Providing education, job training and other services for newly freed slaves.
Besides having similar requirements for southern states, how were Lincoln's Plan and Johnson's Plan viewed as similar?
They were viewed as too lenient/easy on the south
Under this arrangement, poor people would agree to work on a landowner's property and was given land to work on, farm equipment, and seed
Sharecropping
This amendment made African-Americans and black people citizens of the United States
14th Amendment
What happened soon after African-Americans were elected to the Georgia General Assembly? And why?
They were expelled (removed) from office. They were told they did not have the right to hold office and were "non-citizens".
What are two things in the south that attempted to keep African-Americans from exercising the 14th and 15th amendments?
Black codes
Ku Klux Klan
What were the two things that were part of Lincoln and Johnson's Plan (Presidential Reconstruction) that southern states had to do in order to rejoin the Union? Explain each
10% Plan- 10% of the state's population had to take an oath of loyalty to the U.S. (Union)
Ratify/pass the 13th amendment (getting rid of slavery)
Under this arrangement, poor people would rent land from a landowner, but had their own tools/farming supplies, etc.
Tenant Farming
The 14th Amendment was passed in response to the South having laws known as ______________.
Black codes
Which two states were in the same military district as Georgia when Congress placed them under Military Control?
Alabama and Florida
What happened soon after African-Americans received the right to vote?
Many black legislators were elected to office
Refused to ratify/pass the 14th Amendment
Both tenant farmers and sharecroppers could end up finding themselves in _________________ year after year.
Debt
The Emancipation Proclamation _________________________ in rebellious states
The 13th amendment _________________________ in all states.
Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in rebellious (southern) states.
13th Amendment abolished slavery in all states