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Reconstruction Amendments
Life for Freedmen
End of Reconstruction
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100
What were the three "sections" of the US during the Civil War and Reconstruction?
North South and West
100
What is an ammendment?
A law added to the Constitution.
100
What are Black Codes?
These were laws passed by Southern states to limit the rights of freedmen after the Civil War.
100
Which president ended Reconstruction?
Rutherford B. Hayes
100
What term is used to describe the period of time after the Civil War when the seceded states were rebuilt and gradually brought back into the Union?
Reconstruction
200
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
200
What is the 13th Amendment?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
200
The Texas Constitution of 1876 included which feature, similar to the U.S. Constitution?
Bill of Rights
200
The celebration of General Granger telling slaves in Texas they were free is known as?
Juneteenth (June 19th)
300
What was the importance of the Confederate victory at the Battle of Sabine Pass?
- It ended the Union plans to invade Texas
- Confederates retook their railroad
300
What is the 14th Amendment
This amendment gave citizenship and equal protection to African Americans.
300
What is tenant farming?
Rented land. Owned tools. (Lower cost, High control)
300
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln just 5 days after the Civil War ended?
John Wilkes Booth
400
Which government program did this?
- helped former slaves find jobs
- got food or clothing to those former slaves in need - provided an education to former slaves
- defended the legal rights of former slaves
Freedmen’s Bureau
400
What is the 15th Amendment?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
400
What event officially marked the end of Reconstruction?
The president withdrew the military from the South
500
Put these eras in the correct order:
Texas Revolution
Early Statehood
Republic of Texas
Mexican National Era.
Mexican National Era
Texas Revolution
Republic of Texas
Early Statehood
500
How did Southern states try to prevent African Americans from voting after the 15th Amendment?
literacy tests and poll taxes
500
How did sharecropping lead to a cycle of debt?
The high costs of renting land, housing, and tools while buying food and clothes was more than their profits. To pay it off, they owed an even larger share of the crops the next year.
500
What was a consequence of the end of Reconstruction in the South?
The South passed racist Jim Crow laws