Reconstruction Basics
What does Reconstruction mean?
Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War when the United States tried to rebuild the South.
What was Lincoln's Plan called?
10% plan
Which amendment ended slavery?
13th Amendment
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Organization which helped formerly enslaved with education, jobs, and housing
Who was the democratic candidate during the election of 1876?
Samuel Tilden
Name two cause of the Civil War besides slavery
States’ Rights vs. Federal Power
Economic differences
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas- Nebraska
Which of the Reconstruction plans was the most lenient?
Johnson's Plan
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S., guaranteed “equal protection of the laws.”
Who was the first Black senator?
Hiram Revels
What was the corrupt bargain?
Union troops occupy South and control election boards
A special electoral commission was established. The commission, composed of 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats
What were the goals of reconstruction? Name 2
Rebuild the North and South
Bring African Americans into society
Which two congressmen teamed up to write a plan?
Benjamin Wade and Henry Davis
Who does the 14th Amendment benefit?
Immigrants, anyone born in the US
What does KKK stand for? What did they do?
Ku Klux Klan
Used violence and fear to harm African Americans
What caused the compromise of 1877?
The tied election of 1876
What does impeachment mean?
The process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing.
Which plan
Wanted Union troops to protect civil rights in the South.
Mandated new state constitutions for readmission to the Union.
Radical Republicans
What did the 15th Amendment do and why is it important?
Gave African American men the right to vote.
States cannot deny voting based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery).
What was the purpose of the black codes?
To establish inequality and persecute African Americans
What is "Jim Crow?"
Refers to a system of racial segregation and discrimination enforced in the Southern US.
What does segregation mean?
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others
Which plan did Congress end up choosing?
A mix of all the plans
Together, what did these amendments aim to do?
Establish equality and protect the civil and political rights of African Americans.
Define Sharecropping
Freedmen worked land owned by wealthy landowners for a share of crops.
What was the verdict or outcome from the court case Plessey v. Ferguson?
"Separate but equal" was established