Rebuild vs Ruin
This President offered the South the "10 %" plan, an easy way for Southern States to rejoin the Union
Abraham Lincoln
This amendment officially ended slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
After the Civil War, this group hoped for land, jobs, and education as part of their new freedom.
Formerly enslaved African Americans
Many white Southerners opposed Reconstruction because they feared losing this after the Civil War.
Political Power
This year is commonly marked as the official end of Reconstruction.
1877
This group wanted to punish the South, and protect the rights of formerly enslaved people.
Radical Republicans
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the United States, including formerly enslaved people.
the 14th Amendment
This phrase symbolized the promise of land ownership for formerly enslaved people, but was mostly never fulfilled.
40 acres and a mule
These contracts often locked African Americans into unfair labor agreements with landowners.
Labor Contracts
This political deal helped end Reconstruction by settling the disputed 1876 presidential election.
The Compromise of 1877
This act turned the 10 confederate states into 5 different military districts post Civil War
Reconstruction Act
This amendment made it illegal to deny a citizen the right to vote based on race.
This system promised work and independence but often trapped farmers in cycles of debt.
Sharecropping
This term describes Southern Democrats who regained control of state governments by ending Reconstruction reforms.
The Redeemers
After Reconstruction ended, Southern states passed these laws to enforce racial segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
This term refers to the way Southern States still restricted African American freedoms post Civil War
Black Codes
This amendment includes the ideas of “equal protection under the law” and “due process.”
The 14th Amendment
Reconstruction promised protection, but this organization used violence and intimidation to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.
Ku Klux Klan
This method was used to control African Americans by forcing them to work or face arrest for unemployment.
Vagrancy Laws
This Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation was constitutional as long as facilities were “separate but equal.”
This President clashed heavily with Congress, and he was the first President to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
Despite the 15th Amendment many African Americans were prevented from voting because of ____.
Literacy tests, violence
Reconstruction promised equality, but this Supreme Court decision helped weaken federal enforcement of civil rights.
U.S. v Cruikshank
The South pushed back because they believe the Civil war was fought for ___, not slavery.
States Rights
Although Reconstruction ended, these constitutional changes remained and later became the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.
Reconstruction Amendments