Category 1: Reconstruction Begins
This word means rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction?
Formerly enslaved people.
Who were Freedmen?
Which amendment ended slavery?
What is the 13th Amendment?
Laws limiting freedom.
What are Black Codes?
President after Lincoln.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Election helping end Reconstruction.
What is the Election of 1876?
This plan allowed Southern states to return when 10% pledged loyalty.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
Government agency created in 1865.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Which amendment granted citizenship?
What is the 14th Amendment?
Name two things Black Codes controlled.
Jobs, movement, voting, property.
Why was Johnson impeached?
Violation of the Tenure of Office Act.
What happened in 1877?
Federal troops left the South.
Official forgiveness
What is Amnesty?
Name two services provided.
Food, schools, medical care, jobs.
Which amendment protected voting rights?
What is the 15th Amendment?
Members of Congress wanting stronger Reconstruction.
Who were Radical Republicans?
Farmers worked land for part of crops.
What is Sharecropping?
Laws enforcing segregation.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Name two problems the South faced after the Civil War.
Destroyed cities, weak economy, freedmen needing jobs/homes.
Did freedom automatically bring equality?
No.
Define amendment.
A change or addition to the Constitution.
What did Reconstruction Acts require?
Rewrite constitutions, approve 14th Amendment, protect rights.
White Southerner supporting Reconstruction.
Who is a Scalawag?
Fee required before voting.
What is a Poll Tax?
Explain why Reconstruction mattered.
It reunited the country and changed rights and freedoms.
Name three challenges freedmen faced.
Poverty, violence, discrimination, limited jobs.
Explain equal protection.
Everyone must be treated fairly under the law.
Areas controlled by the U.S. Army.
What are Military Districts?
Northerner who moved South.
Who is a Carpetbagger?
Reading test used to stop voting.
What is a Literacy Test?