Named after the type of suitcase that they carried, these Northerners came to the South during Reconstruction to take advantage of a bad situation and tried to get rich quick or gain power or influence for themselves.
What are carpetbaggers?
100
The separation of people based on their race.
What is segregation?
100
The amendment that made slavery illegal in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
Who was President during the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
What were the dates of reconstruction?
What is 1865-1877?
200
This group of people supervised the south during reconstruction.
What are Federal Troops from the North
200
These laws promoted segregation in the South.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
200
These "codes" were put in place in the South to limit African American Freedom.
What are black codes?
200
Lincoln believed this was more important than punishing the South.
What is preservation of the Union?
200
Who fought for Civil Liberties for all people?
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
Who could NOT hold office during reconstruction?
What are Southern Military Leaders
300
Give one example of a Black Code put in place in the South.
What is getting arrested for not having a job, being in town with a group of other African Americans etc...
300
The amendment that made all people born in the United States citizens of the United States (except Native Amercians).
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
Who was Robert E. Lee?
What is a Southern Military General?
300
What region is North Dakota in?
What is Mid-West?
400
An agency established by the federal government to provide food, clothing, education, medical help, legal help and employment help for African Americans and poor whites in the South.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
400
Give an example of Jim Crow Laws.
What are separate water fountains, restaurants, theaters, buses etc...
400
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote (women, both black and white would have to wait another 62 years!).
What is the 15th Amendment?
400
Who accepted segregation and encouraged African Americans to learn a trade or job skill?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
400
Who created the plan for Reconstruction?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
Who could hold public office during Reconstruction?
What are former slaves or african americans?
500
Abraham Lincoln believed in preserving the Union, not ___________________ the South.
What is punishing?
500
African Americans were not allowed to meet up in public places. What is this an example of?
What are black codes?
500
What did Robert E. Lee encourage Southerners to do?