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What kind of physical devastation were cities in after the Civil War?
Many farms/plantations and cities were burned and in ruins.
What effectively ended the Reconstruction era?
The Compromise of 1876
What were some negative impacts of the reconstruction period on freed slaves?
Terror rained as the KKK emerged and tortured, threated, and even killed freed slaves. They were also pressured to return to plantations.
What was Lincolns ten-percent plan?
A southern state could be readmitted into the Union once ten-percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the Union
What were some of the beliefs of the Radical Republicans?
They believed Confederate leaders should be punished for their role in the war and believed blacks and whites should have the same political rights and opportunities
What were the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) devoted to?
White Supremacy
What was the agreement to settle the disputed election called?
The Compromise of 1877
What were some positive impacts of the reconstruction period on freed slaves?
Freed slaves could now vote and own land. In some parts of the South, black and white folks could eat and ride trains together. Schools, orphanages, and pubic relief projects now helped blacks. Some blacks even held political power.
What was the Freedman's Bureau and how is sharecropping related?
The Freedman's Bureau gave food, clothing, & other kinds of help to the freedman. Many African-Americans rented land from plantation owners in return for a share or percentage of the total crop produced.
What is the importance of the date June 19, 1865?
The day the news that all slaves were free had reached across the entire nation.
What was the North's plan during the Civil War called? (Before Reconstruction)
The Anaconda Plan
What kind of war did the South expect and who did they plan to economically appeal to for aid in the Civil War? (Before Reconstruction)
The South expected the war to be a war of waiting and planned to economically appeal to England for aid.
Who were the presidential candidates in the Election of 1876?
(Republican) Rutherford B. Hayes and (Democrat) Samuel J. Tilden.
What were the white Americans living in the Confederate states opposed to succession and the Civil War called?
Southern Unionists
What were 3 failures of the Reconstruction of America?
Radical Republican legislation failed to protect former slaves from white persecution. The Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws were a result of failure and former confederates were given power back.
Who was impeached during the Reconstruction period?
President Andrew Johnson
Which amendment abolished slavery?
Which amendment allowed African-Americans the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
What was the 14th amendment?
The Fourteenth Amendment states anyone born or naturalized in America was guaranteed equal protection of the laws and anyone who violates a citizen's rights will be punished by reducing the number of representatives in congress.
What are 3 facts about the Reconstruction Act?
The Reconstruction Act allowed Southern states to be admitted in the Union. The states would be divided into 5 districts under military control and outlined terms for representation of the states.
What and when was the Reconstruction era?
A period of time after the Civil War to rebuild the United States of America from 1863 – 1877
What is the Wade-Davis bill?
The Wade-Davis Bill required 50% states white males admission to the Union through an oath
What were the special laws that only applied to Black persons?
Southern Black Codes
What was the first law about civil rights that states any male born in the US is considered a citizen?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
What were the 5 Southern Black Codes?
Civil Rights
Labor Contracts
Vagrancy
Apprenticeship
Courts, Crimes, and Punishments