Plans for Reconstruction
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This man killed Abraham Lincoln, which took Reconstruction in a new direction.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This phrase used to legally justify segregation.
What is "separate, but equal?"
This terrorist organization was known for attacking Black people and their communities.
What is the Klu Klux Klan?
Andrew Johnson did this to Confederate leaders.
What is "pardoning?"
A name for Southerners who supported Reconstruction.
What is "scalawags?"
This amendment allows slavery to be used as a punishment for people convicted of crimes.
What is the 13th Amendment?
An unfair system of renting tools and resources in exchange for a portion of a harvest.
What is sharecropping?
A group that wanted 51% loyalty oaths, a ban on slavery, and a ban on any Confederate veterans from holding political office.
A name for Northerners who moved South to help with Reconstruction.
What is "carpetbaggers?"
An amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born on US soil.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses all helped the South to get around this amendment.
What is the 15th Amendment?
All three plans for Reconstruction agreed on this point.
What is "banning slavery?"
This man replaced Abraham Lincoln after his death, and took an even gentler approach to Reconstruction.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
An amendment that protects the right to vote for all Americans, regardless of race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This government organization helped Black Americans with food, clothing, medical care, and other services.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
What is "veto?"
This amendment put the ideas of the Emancipation Proclamation into the Constitution.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Segregation was a legal way for Southern states to get around this amendment.
What is the 14th Amendment?