Reconstruction Plans
This was a time when the South had to rebuild its whole economy and society
What is Reconstruction
This amendment granted full citizenship to ALL people born in the U.S
What is the Fourteenth Amendment
Most southerners of this race opposed efforts to expand African American’s rights
who are white Southerners
People from this Region of the United States began to lose interest in Reconstruction
Who are the North
A fee people had to pay before voting
What is a Poll Tax
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.
Who is John Wikes Booth
This man won the Presidential Election of 1868
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
A term meaning “scoundrel” or “worthless rascal”
What is a "Scallywag"
This political party began to decline in the 1870’s because of political scandals
What is the Republican party
The quickest way for farmers to pay debts was by selling these, or crops that are sold for money
What are Cash Crops
This man took over as president after Abraham Lincoln's sudden death
Who is Andrew Johnson
This act called for the creation of new governments in the 10 Southern states that didn’t ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
What is the Reconstruction Act
A system where landowners rented plots of land to farmers, who shared a percentage of their crops with the landowner. This was the most common form of farm work for newly freed African Americans
What is Sharecropping
This man, nominated by the Republicans, won the election of 1876 and became president
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
These laws required African Americans and whites to be separate in almost every public place where they might come in contact with each other
What are the Jim Crow Laws
These where republicans who wanted a more extreme or tougher way of Reconstruction
Who are Radical Republicans
This state rejoined the Union in 1866
What is Tennessee
This organization, formed in 1866, terrorized African Americans by burning down their homes, schools, and even killing them
What is the Ku Klux Klan
This political party gained control of Virginia and South Carolina’s governments by terrorizing other parties’ voters
Who are the Democrats
These sprang up throughout the South after the Civil War and shut down ones in the North
What are Textile Mills
This agency, established by Congress and the Pres., helped former enslaved people or freedmen by providing clothes, education, land, and food
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
This law prohibited the president from removing government officials without Senate’s approval
What is the Tenure of Office Act
The 3 states of Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida required schools to include whites and African Americans, or to be this
What is Integrated
This deal or Compromise gave favors to the South like aiding the region and withdrawing all troops from the Southern states. In return, the Democrats (South) promised to maintain African American’s rights
What is the Compromise of 1877
In 1896 the Supreme Court upheld the Jim Crow laws and segregation in this case, that in the end, created a segregated society in the South
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson