Category One
Why was the South in need of Reconstruction post Civil War?
Because most of the war was fought in the South, so most everything was destroyed. Their economy needed rebuilding.
Who are freedmen?
Men and women who had once been slaves.
During this time, who was more liberal? Republicans or Democrats?
Republicans.
Describe what the Klu Klux Klan was and what did they do?
White southern secret societies. They would ride to African American homes and threaten them by burning crosses and even killing them.
How did the Ku Klux Klan dress?
They wore long white robes and wore cone shaped masks with eye slits to protect their identity.
What are black codes?
Laws that severely limit the rights of freedmen. They were not allowed to vote, own guns, or serve in juries.
Define segregation.
The legal separation of races. The South separated blacks and whites in restaurants, schools, trains, buses, etc.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth.
Who became president when Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson.
After Johnson, who became the eighteenth president after heavy Republican voting?
Ulysses S. Grant.
Explain what a “cycle of poverty” is:
A span of poverty that affected generations of African Americans in the South.
Name five different things that needed to be reconstructed after the Civil War (cannot be cities).
Railroads, farms, schools, homes, roads, telegraph lines, bridges etc.
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's Theater in Washington, DC.
What does the word "impeach" mean?
Bring charges against. It's the first step in getting rid of a president.
List five things that were segregated:
Schools, buses, restaurants, bathrooms, water fountains, theaters, trains, cemeteries, hospitals etc.
This period of Reconstruction showcased many new inventions, such as the telephone and elevator. Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell.
Why didn't Samuel Tilden win the election of 1876?
Because he did not get as many electoral college votes as Rutherford B. Hayes did.
What is this?
“People born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States who had equal protection under the laws”
The Fourteenth Amendment.
What is this?
“No man is to forbid any citizen to deny anyone the right to vote based upon race”
The Fifteenth Amendment.
What three groups stepped in to take over southern governments during Radical Reconstruction?
Northerners, White Southern Republicans, and African Americans.
DAILY DOUBLE
How long did segregation last for?
Ninety years.
What three cities were destroyed and in need of rebuilding after the Civil War?
Columbia, South Carolina. Atlanta, Georgia. Richmond, Virginia.
What three ways did white southerners restrict the voting rights of African Americans?
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the Grandfather Clause.
Northerners who came to live in the South during Reconstruction were often called this term:
Carpetbaggers.
White Southern Republicans were often called this term during Reconstruction:
Scalawags.