Vocabulary Definititon Given
What vocab word means: "after the Civil War, the period of rebuilding the South and re-admitting the former confederate states into the union"
reconstruction
what does "sharecropping" mean
what does the 13th amendment say?
abolished slavery in the United States
what actions did the Freedmen's bureau take after the war ended?
it provided food, clothing, and medical care, schools, and job assistance to poor Southerners, especially African Americans
What vocab word means: Lincoln’s proposal where if 10% of voters in a state took an oath to the union, they could form a new state government and adopt conditions to abolish slavery
ten percent plan
what does "poll tax" mean
a tax a person must pay in order to vote
what does the 15th amendment say?
prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
How did the ratification of the 14th Amendment help Grant win the presidency?
It granted African Americans the right of citizenship and the right to vote and they supported the republican party so they primarily voted for Grant
what vocab word means the granting of a pardon to a large number of people; protection from prosecution
amnesty
what does "impeach" mean?
to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
what does the 14th amendment say?
right to citizenship and legal protections
landowners rented land to sharecroppers in exchange for a share of the crop
what vocab word means: laws passed in the South after the Civil War aimed at controlling freed men and women and allowing plantation owners to take advantage of African American workers
black codes
what does "integrate" mean
to unite, or blend into a united whole; to bring races together
What did Plessy v. Ferguson decide?
what was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
they enforced segregation in the South
what vocab word means: a name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction in the South
what does "corruption" mean?
dishonest or illegal actions
Why did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
to counter the black codes and to give the federal government power to protect the rights of African Americans.