important persons
Who was Andrew Johnson?
He made the second failed reconstruction plan, he was Lincolns VP before he died, which appointed him President.
How were Freedmen stopped from voting?
Freedmen were threatened to vote the way that Whites wanted to and they used trick questions in literacy tests to prevent them from voting.
What was the Lincoln plan
Southern states could be readmitted after 10 percent of their Democrat voters had taken an oath
What was sharecropping
Landowners would allow tenants to use land if they gave up a share of the crop
Who were Scalawags
White Southern Republicans
Who was Fredrick Douglas?
Advocated for the rights of Freedmen.
What were Black codes?
Started segregation with limitations on where Blacks could go and what they could do
What was the congressional plan
Passed the reconstruction act of 1967 and to treat the south very harshly
What was the effect of sharecropping
It was meant to help poor whites and freedmen but made them in a worse economic state because they needed equipment and tools
Who were Carpetbaggers
Northeners who moved South
Who was Hiram Revels?
The first African American Senator, advocated for the rights of Freedmen.
What was the Freedmen's bureau
A program who helped former slaves, provided them with neccessities and legal help.
What was the reconstruction plan of 1867
Why was sharecropping needed?
To replace the system of slavery
Who was the Ku Klux Klan
Who was Thaddeus Stevens?
Pushed for reconstruction of the South with rights for the Freedmen.
importance of juneteenth
The day that the slaves were freed in the south
What was the Johnson plan?
Johnsons plan was to make the south accept the 13th amendment and included nothing about freedmen ; sympathized for poor whites.
What was the panic of 1873
depression after the war that caused people to take their money out of the bank
Who were exodusters
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Supported reconstruction and used his power to protect freedmen.
Where did freedmen go after the war
west
What was the Wade - Davis bill
Bill that gave the power of reconstruction to congress.
Where did freedmen think that they could find money?
They wanted to find jobs west
What was the White league
hate group dedicated to depriving freedmen the right to vote