Vocab
The time period after the Civil War known as a time of rebuilding the United States
Reconstruction
This amendment ended slavery
13th amendment
What was the MAIN IDEA of Abe's reconstruction plan?
Forgive and Protect
This Democratic president came to power after Lincoln (R) was assassinated. He had a laissez-faire approach to reconstruction as he believed in states' rights
Andrew Johnson
The Freedmen's Bureau offered 40 acres of land to any freedmen and poor white southerner. Where did that land come from?
Lands/Plantations confiscated during the Civil War
The name given to the states (the South) that left the Union during the Civil War
Confederate/ Confederacy
This amendment granted citizenship to anyone born (or naturalized) in the United States
14th amendment
What are the 2 things Abe did to the South during the Civil War?
Cut communication and Rail Roads
This Reconstruction President ultimately abandoned the Reconstruction project to focus on Westward Expansion.
Grant
What job made Colby a target in the reading "The KKK broke my door open"
Radical Republican legislator
French term used to describe a hands-off federal government resulting in a smaller federal gov and stronger state governments
Laissez- faire
Not only does this amendment grant citizenship, but it also grants DUE PROCESS of the law. AKA equal protection under the laws from all state and federal governments
14th Amendment
This part of Lincoln's plan required that 10% of a former Confederate state's male population take a loyalty oath to the US
10% plan
What are the 2 reasons Americans turned away from Reconstruction during the Grant presidency
Tired of hearing about it, Grant had many Scandals
This organization was created in Tennessee but eventually spread throughout the South, targeting anyone who voted in favor of Reconstruction.
Known as one of the first domestic terrorist groups in the US
KKK
The new form of slavery following the Civil War in which farmers worked on plantations for a share of the crop. Resulted in many former slaves and poor whites being indebted to plantation owners.
Sharecropping
This amendment prohibits denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude..... but nothing about gender :(
15th amendment
This part of Lincoln's plan would pardon which group of southerners while protecting this group
2 answers
Confederates, Freedmen
What part of Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan did Johnson slowly dismantle so that it would fail?
He believed that it was an overreach of federal power and should have been created by the states.
Freedmen's Bureau
A term used to describe a Republican Southerner who supported Reconstruction
Sounds like a pirate term tbh
Scalawag
Laws designed specifically to target and suppress freedmen in the South.
Ex: Getting off the sidewalk for a white person to pass
Black Codes
Provide a 3-4 description of each of the amendments
Shook will check
Lincoln received a lot of criticism for this part of his reconstruction plan. Many claimed it was racist, unfair to northerners, and that it would destroy the southern economy because it offered protections to many freedmen and poorer white southerners.
Freedmens bureau
Who were the "radical" presidents and who were the "conservative"
Radical: Grant (Lincoln is a bonus)
Conservative: Johnson
Carpetbaggers moved from the_______ to take advantage of the destruction in the South/ to open new businesses and make money
North