Amendments/Plan
What amendment outlawed slavery?
13th Amendment
Which group provided food, medical supplies, and shelter to the sick and elderly population in the South?
Freedmen's Bureau
Following the Civil War, which crop was the most essential factor in the economic recovery of Georgia?
Cotton
What was the ultimate goal of Lincoln's reconstruction plan?
It focused on readmitting Southern states and restoring the Union.
Who was Henry McNeal Turner?
He was an African American member of the Georgia General Assembly
What did sharecroppers usually receive from landowners in exchange for their work?
Why was Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan referred to as the "Ten Percent Plan"?
Under the plan, ten percent of each Confederate state's voting population had to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union before the state could rejoin the Union.
How are the KKK and the Freedmen's Bureau similar?
Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were created in response to changing social conditions.
What was the consequence of the Georgia General Assembly’s expulsion of its African American members during Reconstruction?
Georgia’s legislature restricted the rights of African Americans.
How did the Congressional Reconstruction plan better protect the rights of African Americans than other plans?
It required Southern states to adopt new constitutions to protect African Americans' civil rights.
What was the MOST lasting success of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Expanding educational opportunities for African Americans
This group's influence throughout the South led to Congress imposing Martial Law (military rule) during Reconstruction.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Which amendment overturned the ruling of Dred Scott v. Sanford?
14th Amendment (granted freed slaves citizenship).
Why were the African American members ultimately removed from the Georgia General Assembly?
To limit the political power and influence of African Americans.
How does sharecropping hurt poor whites and African Americans?
The system kept laborers in constant debt to landowners.