Vocabulary
Define "black codes"
Even though the Confederacy was defeated, how did Confederate officials continue to cause issues during Reconstruction?
They got elected to office and fought Republican policies
What is noteworthy about the third Constitution?
It is the Constitution we still have today.
Sharecropper
a farmer (who rents the land they farm)
Who took over Lincoln's plans and why (explain the why fully)?
Andrew Johnson, he was Vice President and became President when Lincoln was killed.
What were the 13th and 14th amendments?
13th was abolition of slavery
14th was Citizenship and rights process
Carpetbagger: What were they? why were they called this?
Immigrants from the Union/North.
Their bags/luggage were made of carpet
What happened due to Texas' black codes in the 1866 Constitution?
Congress of the United States took control of Texas
What was the positive and the negative of the 2nd Constitution?
+ : it ratified the necessary amendments
- : It gave too much power to the central government
What was the name of the federal institution that helped emancipated slaves begin their lives?
Freedmen's Bureau
What was the compromise at the end of Reconstruction? (What was it about and what was the agreement?)
Democrats and Republicans both thought they won the Presidential election.
Democrats gave up the Presidency, Republicans ended Reconstruction.
Give the years of the Constitutions written in this time.
1866, 1869, 1876
Reconstruction (2)
- The time period after the civil war
- the federal government's plan to restore the South to the Union
There were 4 main things the Southern states had to do to regain statehood with the Union. List them.
1. Set-up temporary governments
2. outlaw slavery
3. outlaw secession
4. All adult white males had to swear loyalty to the US
What was wrong with Constitutions that caused them to be replaced? Be specific with which issue was for which Constitution.
1866, it did not ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments.
1869, it gave too much power to the central government of Texas.