People
Who was Hiram Revels?
First Black Congressman and Senetor
What is Juneteenth?
The day that officially all black men were freed. The last state received the news of the end of the war so this was the day that people celebrated as the official end of slavery in fighting states.
What was the Panic of 1873
Financial disaster in the South that caused bankrupcies and deprioritized reconstruction
What is an example of the Black Codes?
What is Impeachement?
A formal accusation of wrongdoing of the president- then goes to a trial
Robert Smalls
Black Congressman who stole a ship and sailed to confederate lines for his own freedom
What was the Compromise of 1877?
The Decocrats agreed to make Hayes President in exchange for all federal troops being removed from the South
What is Sharecropping and who was affected?
Sharecropping is free labor that would often put people into further debt. Black Freemen and poor white people in the South were affected.
What is one way people limited African American's right to vote?
The Grandfather clause made it so you could only vote if your grandfather was able to, limiting Black people because their grandfathers were most likely enslaved
What was the Lost Cause Myth?
The beleif from Southerners that the only reason they lsot the war was because the North was more powerful and not because the South had a bad argument.
Andrew Johnson
President during Reconstruction who was impeached but not removed from office. First president to be impeached.
What was the importance behind Lincoln's assasination?
First presidential assasination
WHo were the Exodusters?
Black Freemen who moved to Kansas after reconstruction
What was the KKK?
Ku Klux Klan; WHite Supremisist group that brutally attacked black people to scare them out of excersizing their rights
What is disenfranchisement?
removing the right to vote or do something
Who were the Carpet Baggers?
Northern republicans who moved to the South after Reconstruction
When and why did reconstruction end?
1877; ended because there was a lack of support from the Northern states
Explain the 13th and 14th amendments?
the 14th amendment was the right to citizenship and the 13th amendment abolished slavery
How did a poll tax affect voting Amrifan Americans?
Many of them were left poor coming out of slavery and could not afford to vote
What was Lincoln's plan?
The 10 percent plan; only 10 percent of the population from each state had to agree to become a part of the US again
Who was Thaddeus Stevens?
Radical Republican leader in the house of representatives
How was the trial of impeachment of Johnson significant?
He was not removed from office by one vote
Explain the 15th amendment:
Prohibits businesses from discriminating based on race- made it so black people could get hired
How did literacy tests affect who could vote?
Most enslaved black people did not learn how to read and write and therefore could not pass the test. Additionally the tests were made confusing even if you did know how to read and write.
Was sharecopping sucessful?
No, it left people in debt for their whole lives