Reconstruction 1
which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
the 15th amendment
This agency was established to provide aid for the freed slaves:
Freedman Bureau
What was the derogatory name for Northerners who traveled to the south looking for economic or political opportunities?
carpetbaggers
What is the name of the terrorist group that used violence to suppress black political participation?
Ku Klux Klan
What word would you use to describe a man who does not have all his fingers on one hand?
Normal, because people usually have half their fingers on one hand.
These were a series of laws designed to keep African Americans in a state of quasi-slavery after the war:
the black codes
Which amendment gave freed slaves the right to citizenship?
14th amendment
What union general did the Republicans elect president in 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
what were the southern democrats called who looked to oust radical republicans, scalawags, and carpetbaggers?
the redeemers
What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter in it?
What was the derogatory name for southern republicans?
scalawags
Freed slaves were often stuck in this system in which a tenant uses the land in return for a share of crops produced:
Sharecropping
This economic depressed made northerners rethink their interest toward the freed slaves:
panic of 1873
What is the era following reconstruction in the south known as?
Jim Crow Era
How can someone go 25 days without sleep?
They sleep at night
What high offices were African-Americans elected to?
senate and house of representatives
What was the greatest success of the Freedman Bureau?
providing education to freed slaves
Public works like railroads led to this in both the north and the south:
higher taxes and more corruption
What was the result of the Supreme Court case of Plessy vs. Fergusion? (reconstruction guided notes part 2)
the establishment of the separate but equal clause
If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?
the four you took
This deal was struck during the 1877 presidential campaign to give the election to the Republicans:
the compromise of 1877
What did the republicans promise in response for "winning" the presidential election (compromise of 1877)?
remove federal troops from the south
What tactics were used during the jim crow era to exclude blacks from the political process?
poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses to remove freed slaves from the political process and take away their right to vote.
How do most historians view the reconstruction era? (reconstruction guided notes part 2)
as a failure
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How is that possible?