Amendments
What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
It abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime.
What were Black Codes?
Laws that restricted the rights of Black individuals in the South.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
A federal agency designed to aid former slaves.
Why did Southern governments focus on industrialization?
They needed to develop a new profitable system after slavery ended.
What impact did Lincoln's assassination have on Reconstruction?
It allowed Johnson’s lenient policies to slow progress on racial justice.
What rights were granted by the 14th Amendment?
It granted full citizenship and equal rights to anyone born in the United States.
How did Vagrancy Laws impact Black individuals?
They made it easier to arrest Blacks and establish a convict labor system.
What did the Ku Klux Klan represent?
A secret society that used terror and violence against former slaves.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
An agreement that ended Reconstruction in exchange for retaining the presidency.
What was the significance of Hiram Revels?
He filled Jefferson Davis’s former Senate seat, highlighting the power shift to African Americans.
Why were women excluded from the 15th Amendment?
The Civil War was not fought to make progress on women’s rights.
What system did Black Codes help establish?
A convict labor system.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
Politicians who favored punishment and harsh reorganization for the South.
What were the consequences of Johnson's impeachment?
It showed that Congress could limit presidential power using Constitutional powers.
What was the Election Map of 1864?
It showed Confederate States that could not vote during the Civil War.
What did the 15th Amendment protect?
It protected the right to vote regardless of race.
Why were literacy tests used?
To ensure that poor Southern Blacks would be unable to vote.
What were Carpetbaggers?
Northern Republicans who moved South to support Reconstruction.
How did sharecropping resemble slavery?
It kept African Americans in poverty and under the control of landowners.
Why were Southern Blacks unable to vote?
Due to literacy tests, poll taxes, and discriminatory laws.
How did the 13th Amendment affect slavery as punishment?
It allowed slavery to continue as punishment for a crime.
How did Southern states enforce Black Codes?
By using laws that restricted Black individuals’ freedoms and rights.
Why were Radical Republicans critical of Johnson’s plan?
They thought it allowed Black Codes and returned Confederate leaders to power.
What was the concept of “The Lost Cause”?
A narrative that justified secession and the Civil War without emphasizing slavery.
How did the Civil War affect Confederate States' voting rights?
Confederate States were not allowed to vote during the Civil War.