Reconstruction Plans
What is a sharecropper?
A worker who signed a contract to work on a farm.
What number president was Lincoln?
16
Many answers...
In what ways did African-Americans gain more rights?
13th, 14th, 15th amendments
His was similar to Lincoln's, but Johnson cared less.
Was sharecropping fair for the workers? Why or why not?
NO! They had a lot of work, were in debt, and had little money.
Who assassinated Abe?
John Wilkes Booth
Why were the Black Codes created?
To keep the newly freed black slaves under their control, to keep the farms running, to keep slavery but in a different way
Describe the 13th amendment.
Describe the Wade-Davis Bill.
Congress's plan for Reconstruction, very strict on the south, 51% of voters had to swear an oath
Who replaced Abe?
Andrew Johnson
What were the Jim Crow laws?
Legal slavery, ways of controlling Black Americans, keeping Blacks and Whites separate
Describe the 14th amendment.
All people born in the US are citizens and have equal rights.
Who were the KKK and what did they do?
America's first terrorist group, put fear into Black Americans
Describe the 15th amendment.
African-American men can vote.