South
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Became president after Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
A government organization set up to assist former enslaved people.
Freedmen's Bureau
Laws passed in the south to limit the rights of black people.
Black codes
Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
For violating laws passed by Congress to limit his power.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Withdrew federal troops from the South and ended reconstruction.
Southerners who thought the South would be better off it changed some of its old ways.
Scalawags
Northerners who went south during Reconstruction.
Carpetbaggers
Describe the plan congress had for reconstruction.
US is in control of the south until in the Union again. To re-enter the South must:
* Write new state constitution (with both whites & blacks)
*Elect new state of officials (blacks vote & can hold office)
*Rebels have no say
*Ratify the 14th Amendment - States cannot deny any citizen life, liberty or property and must have equal protection.
What improvements were made in the south during the time of reconstruction?
New roads, railroads, buildings, hospitals, orphanages, public school system
What did the Radical Republicans want? What did they support?
Republicans who supported congress' idea of reconstruction.
They sought to severely punish the south.
Describe 3 Amendments
14th - Prohibits states from denying any citizen life, liberty, or property, and equal protection under the law.
15th - Gave African-American males the right to vote.
What was Sharecropping and why was it important after the Civil War?
90% or 9/10 enslaved participate:
* CSA money useless, no money to pay coworkers
* Freed men rent land, supplies, equipment
* Pay with crops (50%)
Describe the president's plan for reconstruction
a) Ratify 13th Amendment (outlaw slavery)
b) Write a new state constitution
c) Send a representative to Congress
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