Effects on removal
15th Amendment
What does expulsion mean?
Forcing someone to leave / being kicked out.
Where did the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) Begin?
Tennessee
What city was named capitol of Georgia even though 3/4th of it was destroyed by Sherman.
Atlanta
What does the word "ratify" mean?
To approve and or pass
Great Migration of African Americans (and whites) to Northern cities for work in factories. Boll Weevil / World War I / Technological Advances
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
American white supremacist hate group that terrorized African- Americans.
What is Tenant Farming?
Farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property were required to provide the landowner with a share of the crop; unlike sharecroppers, tenant farmers usually owned their own farming equipment
What is Sharecropping?
Sharecropping is where land owners provided land and other resources to laborers in return for their work on the farm
What is the order of all 3 phases of reconstruction?
1. Lincoln, 2. Johnson, 3. Congressional reconstruction
What is the Camilla Massacre?
Another convention held in SW GA. 200 blacks marched for 25 miles to attend a Republican political rally, Locals ambushed the marchers. Killed almost a dozen marchers, and wounding over 30.
Explain the 13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
What were the 3 Black Codes?
Where blacks were not allowed to Vote, Testify against whites in court, Could not serve as jurors.
Describe some things the Freedman's Bureau did.
Help African-Americans adjust to newly gained freedom
Provided food
Help build schools and hospitals
Supervised labor contracts and other legal disputes
Explain Presidential Reconstruction
1st phase of reconstruction (Aka “Lincoln’s Plan) that Allowed the South to re-enter (readmit) to the Union if...10% of the population swore oath of allegiance to US
What is the main purpose of the Colored State Convention?
To inform the freedmen of the political standing and what rights they have.
This Amendment made African-Americans citizens of the United States and required they were given the same rights as all U.S. Citizens
14th Amendment
Reconstruction Act of 1867 created how many Military districts in the south?
5!!!
What is this: Designed to give freedmen and poor whites an economic boost and an opportunity to learn to read and write through formal education
Freedman's Bureau
What reconstruction is this? Radical Republicans appalled at South’s treatment of freedmen under laws known as “Black Codes”, Georgia along with other states refused to ratify the 14th Amendment.
Congressional Reconstruction
What 2 schools created during The Freedman's Bureau time still exist today?
Clarke Atlanta University & Morehouse College
Explain the 15th Amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote.
When did General Lee surrendered his army at the Appomattox Court House?
On April 8, 1865,
Who started the KKK in Georgia?
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Explain Military Reconstruction
GA created a new constitution that included a provision for Black voting, public schools, and moving the capital to Atlanta. GA finally readmitted to union in 1870 when the 15th Amendment was finally passed. Continued to be a military presence in GA due to Continued actions of KKK, GA’s refusal to ratify 15th Amendment.