Amendments
Black Codes
Political Groups
Reconstruction Goals
Historical Events
100

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

It abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime.

100

What were Black Codes?


Laws that restricted the rights of Black individuals in the South.

100

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

A federal agency designed to aid former slaves.

100

Why did Southern governments focus on industrialization?


They needed to develop a new profitable system after slavery ended.

100

What impact did Lincoln's assassination have on Reconstruction?

It allowed Johnson’s lenient policies to slow progress on racial justice.

200

What rights were granted by the 14th Amendment?


It granted full citizenship and equal rights to anyone born in the United States.

200

How did Vagrancy Laws impact Black individuals?

They made it easier to arrest Blacks and establish a convict labor system.

200

What did the Ku Klux Klan represent?

A secret society that used terror and violence against former slaves.

200

What was the Compromise of 1877?


An agreement that ended Reconstruction in exchange for retaining the presidency.

200

What was the significance of Hiram Revels?

He filled Jefferson Davis’s former Senate seat, highlighting the power shift to African Americans.

300

Why were women excluded from the 15th Amendment?

The Civil War was not fought to make progress on women’s rights.

300

What system did Black Codes help establish?

A convict labor system.

300

Who were the Radical Republicans?

Politicians who favored punishment and harsh reorganization for the South.

300

What were the consequences of Johnson's impeachment?

It showed that Congress could limit presidential power using Constitutional powers.

300

What was the Election Map of 1864?

It showed Confederate States that could not vote during the Civil War.

400

What did the 15th Amendment protect?


It protected the right to vote regardless of race.

400

Why were literacy tests used?

To ensure that poor Southern Blacks would be unable to vote.

400

What were Carpetbaggers?

Northern Republicans who moved South to support Reconstruction.

400

How did sharecropping resemble slavery?

It kept African Americans in poverty and under the control of landowners.

400

Why were Southern Blacks unable to vote?


Due to literacy tests, poll taxes, and discriminatory laws.

500

How did the 13th Amendment affect slavery as punishment?


It allowed slavery to continue as punishment for a crime.

500

How did Southern states enforce Black Codes?


By using laws that restricted Black individuals’ freedoms and rights.

500

Why were Radical Republicans critical of Johnson’s plan?

They thought it allowed Black Codes and returned Confederate leaders to power.

500

What was the concept of “The Lost Cause”?

A narrative that justified secession and the Civil War without emphasizing slavery.

500

How did the Civil War affect Confederate States' voting rights?


Confederate States were not allowed to vote during the Civil War.

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