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What do the Ten Percent Plan and the Wade Davis Bill have in common? (2 things)
Ratify the 13th Amendment, Loyalty to the Union
How were President Johnson and his Reconstruction Plans viewed?
Too weak on the South
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau? (Think: Who did it help and how)
Helps former slaves and the poor. Helps provide education, medical care, clothing, and job opportunities
What were the Black Codes?
Attempts by the South to Restrict the rights of African Americans after the war.
What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery
What are Radical Republicans?
People who favored a more extreme approach to Reconstruction?
Define Literacy Tests...
Required a reading and writing test to vote.
Who was elected as the 18th President of the U.S.?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Northerners who sought economic opportunity during Reconstruction.
What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment? (2 things)
Full citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
People not born in the U.S. can become citizens.
What was Sharecropping? (2 things)
Cycle of poverty and debt for farmers involved
What was the outcome of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court Determined that "Separate but Equal" facilities were now permitted in all aspects of public life.
Define Poll Tax...
Charged money to voters.
What did the Black Codes put restrictions on for Freedmen? (3 things)
No serving on juries, owning guns, or voting
What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
Right to vote for all MALE citizens
Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans?
Thaddeus Stevens
What did the Tenure of Office Act prohibit?
Prohibited the President from removing government officials without the Senate's approval.
The separating of races
What was the goal of the KKK? (2 things)
Prevent African Americans from voting/holding political power.
Prevent Reconstruction
Define Grandfather Clauses...
A person could only vote if their father or grandfather could vote BEFORE Reconstruction.
What was the "end" of Reconstruction? (Think of 1877...)
Compromise of 1877
What was Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction called?
Restoration
What are Scalawags?
White Southern Republicans
What was the goal of the Jim Crow Laws? What made these laws legal?
Laws that controlled aspects of African Americans lives during Reconstruction.
These laws were legal due to Plessy vs. Ferguson
How many military districts was the South divided into?
5