Vocabulary
A fee required to vote, often used to restrict voting rights for African Americans and poor whites.
Poll Tax
It abolished slavery in the United States.
The Thirteenth Amendment
The main goal was to reunify the nation and facilitate the reintegration of Southern states into the Uni
Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan
What important laws were passed during this period? (name at least 2)
The Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, The 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments.
True or False: Soldiers helped register southern blacks to vote.
True
A derogatory term for Northern politicians who moved to the South after the Civil War, often accused of exploiting the region.
Carpetbagger
It prohibits states from denying any person equal protection under the law.
The Fourteenth Amendment
Lincoln's plan offered leniency to former Confederates, while this plan imposed military rule and stricter requirements for re-entry into the Union.
Radical Reconstruction
True or False: Most southern whites accepted the changes during Reconstruction.
False
This group used violence and intimidation to suppress African American political participation and maintain white supremacy.
The Ku Klux Klan.
The process by which a legislative body levels charges against a government official, potentially leading to removal from office.
Impeachment
It barred states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The Fifteenth Amendment
This organization's main goals was to assist freed slaves and poor whites in the South by providing food, housing, education, and medical care.
The Freedmen's Bureau
Why was Radical Reconstruction significant?
It aimed to fundamentally change the social and political landscape of the South by guaranteeing rights to African Americans.
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
Scalawags
A pardon for those who have committed political offenses, often granted to former Confederates during Reconstruction.
Amnesty
Barred all states from denying African Americans the right to vote.
The Fifteenth Amendment
The first duty of this organization was to provide emergency relief to those displaced by the war.
The Freedman's Bureau
How did Reconstruction change the South?
It led to increased political participation for African Americans, the establishment of new schools, and significant changes in the social structure.
A legal doctrine that justified racial segregation as long as the separate facilities were considered equal.
Separate but Equal Clause
A farmer who rents land from a landowner and pays for the use of the land by giving a portion of the crop yield.
Sharecropper
Said that states could not pass laws that take away a citizen’s rights.
The Fourteenth Amendment
Radical Reconstruction imposed _______ and required southern states to ratify _____________.
Military rule, the Fourteenth Amendment.
One important event that occurred during Radical Reconstruction was the passage of this act.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
A law that allowed individuals to bypass literacy tests or poll taxes if their grandfathers had been eligible to vote before the Civil War.
The Grandfather Clause