Amendments & Plans
Reconstruction was the period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, lasting from ______ to ______.
1865 to 1877
The Civil War was mostly fought in the _______. This destroyed land, forms of transportation, homes, and businesses, leaving their economy devastated.
South
Only 20% of African Americans were illiterate in 1870. During Reconstruction, __________ became seen as a pathway to true freedom.
Education
_____ ______ ________ segregated facilities for blacks and whites. These laws forced African Americans to endure second-class services from schools, hospitals, parks, transportation services, etc.
Jim Crow Laws
Which plan stated that the Confederate states would be pardoned after 10% of the people swore their allegiance to the Union?
Lincoln's Plan (10% Plan)
__________ were notherners who moved to the south after the war to find economic opportunities and establish northern ideals.
*Bonus Points if you can tell me what they called the white Southerners who joined the Republican Party.
Carpetbaggers
*Scalawags*
_________ and volunteer groups served as schools, meeting halls, centers for voter education, and community centers.
Churches
This case allowed for "separate but equal accommodations for the white and colored races." This established a legal foundation for racial segregation in the United States.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
________ _________ was the first, but not the only president to be impeached.
Andrew Johnson
States would lease out their prisoners to businesses and plantation owners
+1 Bonus Point if you can name a modern example.
Convict Leasing
*Private Prison System*
During slavery, many families were split apart. With newfound freedom, African Americans began searching for their lost loved ones.
Reunification of Families
The KKK was a very loosely organized group designed to intimidate ________ voters and white supporters of the __________ Party.
Black Voters
Republican
The ________ _________ plan was stricter on the south vs. _________ plan.
The first plan wanted 50% of white males to pledge allegiance and wanted all men to be equal, vs. the other plan, which wanted to create a government for ONLY white men.
Radical Republican's
Johnson's
An informal agreement between southern Democrats and Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and mark the end of the Reconstruction era.
The Compromise of 1877
Separate Black institutions provided safe spaces and opportunities. Many people focused on building their own institutions rather than fighting for ____________.
*Bonus Points if you can tell me what the opposite of this word is. (hint. The separation of someone or something apart from others.)
Integration
*Segregation*
In some southern states, people needed to pass a ________ test, pay a ____ Tax in order to vote.
* Bonus Point: The _________ Clause states that if a person was able to vote before 1867 or was a descendant of someone who could vote before 1867, then they could vote even if they could not pay a tax or pass a test.
Literacy
Poll
*Grandfather*
What did each of the following amendments guarantee/do?
13th Amendment -
14th Amendment -
15th Amendment -
13th Amendment - Bans Slavery Everywhere
14th Amendment - Granted citizenship and equal rights to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people.
15th Amendment - Granted formerly enslaved people the right to vote
After many African Americans claimed land in the South, President Johnson ordered them off, and Congress passed the...
Homestead Act of 1866
Out of 125 Southerners elected to Congress only 16 were African Americans. ________ _______ was the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate
Hiram Revels
________ _________ refers to the informal but strictly enforced customs and rules that dictated the behavior and interactions between Black and white people
Racial Etiquette