Reconstruction

13th Amendment

100

The 13th Amendment abolished...

Slavery

200

What was the loophole included in the 13th Amendment?

Slavery could still be used as a form of punishment

300

What did southern governments pass in response to the 13th Amendment?

Black Codes

400

Give one example of a type of crime included in Black Codes

Traveling without papers, obscenity laws, curfew violations, vagrancy, petty theft, etc

500

Why was there a push for a federal amendment instead of allowing states to enforce abolition?

Southern states would not enforce abolition

14th Amendment

100

What does the 14th Amendment say about citizenship?

If you are born in the United States, you are a citizen (Birthright citizenship)

200

Other than birthright citizenship, what other protections are included in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment?

A) Cannot abridge "privileges or immunities", B) Due Process, C) Equal Protection of Law

300

What major political advancement did the 14th Amendment notably NOT include?

Voting Rights for African-Americans

400

Which wing of the Republican Party pushed for the Reconstruction amendments?

Radical Republicans

500

Which US President opposed Reconstruction reforms of the Radical wing of the Republican Party and was eventually impeached?

Andrew Johnson

15th Amendment

100

According to the 15th Amendment, the right to vote shall not be denied on the basis of...

Race, Color, Previous Condition of Servitude

200

What was the (temporary) impact on the makeup of elected legislatures?

Thousands of black representatives were elected at all levels of government

300

Which group continued to be denied the vote even after the passage of the 15th?

Women

400

Black voters overwhelmingly supported the _________ Party during Reconstruction

Republican

500

Name and explain any measure southern governments took to legally restrict the Black vote

Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Grandfather Clause

Radical Reconstruction

100

Which agricultural job was essentially the only one available to freedpeople after the end of the Civil War?

Sharecropping

200

True or False: Sharecropping represented a significant improvement in the lives of previously enslaved people. Explain your answer. 

False: Still tied to the land, consistent debt, unable to build wealth

300

Briefly explain how payment worked in the system of sharecropping

Sharecroppers paid a percentage of their crop yield to the landowner

400

What is the term for white northerners who sought to gain economic advantage by investing in southern business or running for office in the South?

Carpetbaggers

500

What is the derogatory term for white southerners who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction policy?

Scalawags

Life in the South

100

Which social institution became the center of Black life in the Reconstruction south?

The church

200

Which government agency, which existed from 1865-1870, provided aid to freedpeople, especially in terms of education and healthcare?

Freedman's Bureau

300

Domestic terrorist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan attempted to use intimidation tactics to prevent...

Black voting

400

Name and define a tactic used by organizations like the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate Black voters

Lynching, Arson, etc.

500

What was the name given to southern governments that re-established white supremacy at the end of Reconstruction?

"Redeemer" governments