Southside
After the war, transportation in the South suffered MOST because
most of the railroad tracks in the South had been destroyed
Carpetbagger
How would President Johnson's Reconstruction Plans be described to be?
too lenient
What's the purpose of the 14th Amendment?
Equal protection under the law
Naturalizes citizens that were born in the U.S.
White Southerners who collaborated with Northern Republicans for personal gains
Scalawag
True or false, students were separated by grade levels in Southern schools
False: There were one room schools with pot belly stoves
What's the capital of Illinois?
Springfield
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do best?
provide education
What did the 15th Amendment provide?
Extended voting rights to black male citizens
True or False: Most carpetbaggers were Republicans
True
True or False, the Southern states formed the Confederacy
True
What's the largest city in Illinois?
Chicago
How could President Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction be summarized?
The Confederacy not seceding.
What leadership positions did blacks achieve?
Politicians/Teachers
Poor whites and former slaves became these to make money
Sharecroppers
True or False: Most of the war had taken place in the South
True
True or False? The South won the Civil War?
False
Why did Congress attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson?
They disagreed over plans for Reconstruction.
What's the name of men and women who had been freed from slavery?
Freedmen
Poll taxes, Grandfather Clauses, Literacy Tests, and Intimidation were used to do what?
Prevent black men from voting
Which industry's decline would hurt the southern economy the most?
Agriculture (Large Farms)
What problems did the North face?
Political and economic
Who wrote What the Black Man Wants?
Frederick Douglas
Who's the best Social Studies Teacher at RMS
Mr. D. Williams!
Which group rose to power to intimidate and instill fear?
KKK