Notable People/Temrms
President who was assassinated as Reconstruction began?
Group that fought for the South in the Civil War. They were partially held accountable by Congress during Radical Reconstruction.
Who were the Former Confederates?
Amendment that allowed all Black MALE U.S. citizens the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment?
During Presidential Reconstruction, the Southern plantation owners were given all of their_________ back.
What is land? Would also accept: Property except slaves.
What political deal marked the end of Reconstruction, as Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South in exchange for the election of a Republican president?
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Which President ruled during Radical Reconstruction with good intentions for black Americans, but his administration was marred by corruption and economic woes.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Founded in 1865, this secret society aimed to intimidate African Americans and their white allies through acts of violence and terror, often targeting politicians and republican voters.
Who were the Klu Klux Klan?
Amendment that allowed all people born in the U.S. to be citizens
What is the 14th amendment?
During Presidential Reconstruction, the Southern states had to take an _______ in order to be admitted back into the U.S.
What is an Oath? (or Pledge)
As part of the Compromise of 1877, the Democrats agreed to let which Republican candidate become President.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
The 17th President of the U.S., who reversed many of the Abolitionists' radical goals after the Civil War.
Who is President Andrew Johnson?
A system where Southern states leased prisoners (disproportionately Black men) to private companies for labor.
What is Convict Leasing?
While the 13th Amendment ended slavery, this specific "exception clause" allowed for the rise of the Convict Leasing system.
What is "except as punishment for a crime?"
During Radical Reconstruction, the Southern states had to write new state ______. Former Confederates were not allowed to attend.
What are constitutions?
This major economic event that caused many Northerners to lose interest in the cost of Reconstruction
What is the Panic of 1873?
This phrase describes the specific promise made by General Sherman after the Civil War. It served as a symbol of the American Government's "false promise" when President Andrew Johnson ordered all seized land in the South to be returned to its original owners.
What is "40 Acres and a Mule?"
A person who works on a farm (usually in the south) but does not own it and has to pay rent in the form of crops. Economic slavery.
Who is a sharecropper?
The government acts made by Congress to restore the South to the Union after the Civil War. This divided the south in to military Districts, and made sure confederates were held accountable.
What is the Radical Reconstruction Acts?
A government agency designed to help freed blacks after the Civil War. They built schools, provided food, and rearranged contracts. The agency was underfunded and wracked with discriminatory practices.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
During the backlash against Radical Reconstruction, Southern 'Redeemers' and Northern sympathizers used this specific tool—often in the form of stereotypical political cartoons in publications like Harper's Weekly—to delegitimize Black politicians by portraying them as incompetent, corrupt, or a threat to white society.
What is (Racist) Propaganda?
NOTE: NOT ON THE QUIZ - The Name for Southern politicians who believed in returning to the South's original state before the Civil War? They were part of the Democratic Party.
Who were "the Southern Redeemers?"
A series of Southern Laws during Presidential Reconstruction that restricted Black Americans from owning property, testifying against whites, or being "unemployed" (vagrancy laws).
What are the Black Codes?
What were the name of the acts passed by grant to effectively remove the KKK's presence in the South?
What were the Enforcement Acts?
NOT ON THE QUIZ: Which State Congress held a black majority during Radical Reconstruction? They were able to repeal the Black Codes in their state and pass a homestead law to aid poor farmers.
Who is the South Carolina Congress?
NOT ON THE QUIZ: Unlike the KKK, members of this paramilitary, white-supremacist group were known for not wearing masks because they wanted their victims to know exactly who was intimidating them.
Who were the Red Shirts?