Plans and Amendments
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
With no education, many slaves took up THIS farming job, where they were trapped in a continuous cycle of debt.
Sharecropping
A tax that had to be paid on order to vote
Poll Tax
Racist organization with 4 million members who elect a "Grand Wizard"
Ku Klux Klan
The time of rebuilding in the south after the Civil War (1867-1877) in which the Southern states were brought back into the Union
Reconstruction
Which amendment gave African-American men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
Organization created to give good, clothing, medicine, and supplies to former slaves
Freedmen's Bureau
A deal between Democrats and Republicans that removed federal troops from the South and made Rutherford B. Hayes the president
Compromise of 1877
An important court case that ruled segregation was legal as long as public facilities were "separate but equal."
A test given to African Americans to prove they could read before they would be allowed to vote.
Literacy Test
Whose Reconstruction plan aimed to quickly unite the country and grant general amnesty to anyone who would take a loyalty oath?
Abraham Lincoln's plan
Underfunded and understaffed
Discriminatory laws that began racial segregation in the United States. Named after an insulting song lyric from the 1920's.
Jim Crow laws
A public execution of an African-American (usually by hanging)
Lynching
Gave citizenship to everyone born in the United States and protected them equally under the law
14th Amendment
Goal of this plan was to punish the South, and it granted amnesty to people who took a loyalty oath, but not Confederate leaders/persons who owned land worth more than $20,000.
Andrew Johnson's Plan
Name given to the group of African-Americans including Hiram Revels who were elected to Congress during Reconstruction
The First Seven
Laws that set curfews for African-Americans and prohibited them from serving on juries and owning guns.
Black Codes
Why did African-Americans move to cities in the South when Jim Crow laws began?
To avoid discrimination, Jim Crow laws took longer to spread to city areas.
Southern whites who had opposed secession
Scalawag
Which Reconstruction plan emphasized REVENGE and wanted to punish the South, as well as instill military rule in states that refused to ratify the 14th Amendment?
Radical Republicans plan
Freedmen who traveled from town to town living in the woods, unsure what to do with their freedom
Drifters
Law that allowed you to vote without paying the poll tax or taking the literacy test if you or your father/grandfather could vote before 1867.
Grandfather Clause
Name another organization that was similar to the KKK. (There are 3 in your notes)
White League, Knights of Camelia, White Brotherhood
A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or take advantage of opportunities to advance their own fortunes by buying up land from desperate Southerners.
Carpetbaggers