Vocab
Confederacy
The Southern States that fought against the North in the Civil War.
What is meant by the phrase Black Office Holders?
Black Americans who served in public offices during Reconstruction.
What did the 13th Amendment do? What does the loophole say?
Ends enslavement, loophole allows slavery as a punishment for crime
The Reconstruction period began in what year?
1865
Emancipation Proclamation is what fully ended slavery
Flase.
Scalawag
A white Republican.
Name two black office holders during Reconstruction.
Robert Smalls, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Blanche K. Bruce, Joseph Rainey, Richard Cain, James T. Rapier, John Roy Lynch (Congressmen)
Birthright citizenship, Prevents states from denying rights, Establishes equal protection of the laws, and punishes Southerns (barred from office, losing representation if they deny voting rights, and must pay debts)
The Reconstruction Period ended in what year? What ended it?
1877; the Compromise of 1877 (trading the Presidency of Hayes for withdrawing military troops from the south)
Lincoln's goal was always to end slavery
False
Amendment
A change to the constitution/the rules for government and rights of people.
What is the first election black men could vote in?
1868
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Establishes and protects the right to vote for black men.
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The 15th Amendment did not include women in the right to vote.
True
Emancipation
Freedom from another person's control.
Which state had a black majority in its state legislature?
South Carolina.
What backlash existed to the 13th Amendment?
Black Codes
Name the Presidents during Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
The Reconstruction ended in 1877 because it had achieved all of its goals.
False
Black Codes
State Laws in the South after the 13th Amendment designed to limit the freedom of Freed People.
Name some accomplishments of Black Office Holders
Public Schools, taxing the wealthy, rebuilding court systems
What was an immediate impact of the 14th Amendment?
Citizenship for black men, ending black codes
What is the difference between Presidential Reconstruction and Congressional Reconstruction?
Presidential Reconstruction- Led first by Lincoln and then by Johnson; to reunite the country quickly, no plan for freed people beyond freedom
Congressional Reconstruction- Led by Republicans, especially the radicals, emphasizing the needs of freed people
Reconstruction was successful
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