Post Civil War Plans
What were the 2 of the major goals of the government following the end of the civil war?
Reunite the nation/Rebuild the South/Establish and protect rights of recently freed peoples.
What was the name of the white supremacist, hate group that emerged in the aftermath of Civil War in the South?
Ku Klux Klan/KKK
What was the term used to refer to recently freed/formerly enslaved person(s)?
Freedmen
What was "The Panic" 1873 that distracted people, especially northerners, from Reconstruction efforts.
Economic Crises/Banks and Railroad Co.'s fail
What was the major challenge with Southern infrastructure in the aftermath of the war?
It was destroyed by the union military/Would take a long time and a lot of money to fix
Explain, in general, what "Black Codes" were/are?
Discriminatory laws for black Americans that restricted or repealed their rights as citizens.
What was the name of the federal organization that provided Freedmen with support like setting up schools and providing legal representation?
The Freedmen's Bureau
In 1872, President Grant used the Enforcement Acts of 1871 to attack which group in the South?
KKK/Ku Klux Klan
What major event in American history took place that caused major changes to plans for Reconstruction?
(Hint: "A night at the theatre"
Lincoln's Assassination
Name 1 way that Southern governments prevented black men from voting in elections?
Literacy test, poll tax, intimidation, property requirements
Which three amendments formerly outlawed slavery, provided equal protection for African Americans, and voting rights to all men?
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
The election of 1876 was a race between Republican Hayes, and Democrat ______________
Tilden
What was the goal of the "Radical Republicans" in regard to the South
They wanted to punish the South
What 2 things did many Black Codes prevent African American from owning?
Land and Guns
What were two major goals of recently freed people's?
Find work, housing, reunite with families
The compromise of 1877 allowed _________ to be President, in exchange for removing federal __________ from the south.
military control/troops
What was one of the major criticisms of President Johnson's Reconstruction policies?
He was to easy on the South/Didn't do enough to protect African Americans rights
What is the significance of the "Juneteenth" holiday?
(Bonus 50 points if you can tell me how long (in years) after the "Emancipation Proclamation" this was)
It marked the official end of slavery when news finally reached Texas in 1865, after the end of the Civil War.
Bonus: 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation
Explain the concept of sharecropping.
Similar to slavery, worked for little to no "pay", supplies loaned at extremely high rates, cycle of debt, benefit white land owners much more than workers, essentially plantation labor.
One of the biggest failures of Reconstruction, was the failure to protect rights of African, directly setting up the ____________ Movement of the 50s and 60s.
Civil Rights