People
This person was the President at the start of Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln
This Amendment abolished slavery
13th Amendment
This branch of government creates our laws
Legislative
This reconstruction plan pardoned all Confederates except the higher ups, said states had to abolish slavery, and made each state's voting population swear a 10% oath...
Lincoln's 10% Plan
Describe the difference between rural vs urban
Rural = small towns, countryside, farmland (Steelville)
Urban = big cities (NYC)
This person took over for Lincoln after his assassination
Andrew Johnson (Johnson is fine)
These laws set up segregation in every aspect of life in the South
Jim Crow Laws
Which two entities combine together to form Congress
House of Representatives and Senate
This reconstruction plan said that congress would be in charge of reconstruction, slave-owners would be punished, and that every state had to abolish slavery and grant full citizenship to former slaves...
Radical Republican's Wade-Davis Bill
This term is sometimes used instead of saying "the right to vote"
Suffrage
This man assassinated President Lincoln at Ford Theatre
John Wilkes Booth (Booth)
These two policies were introduced in the South during Reconstruction to restrict African-American voting rights
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
Name the 3 branches of the US Government
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
This plan had no punishments and no oaths, and simply stated that each state needed to abolish slavery before it could rejoin the union
Andrew Johnson's Restoration
President Johnson was impeached for his handling of the Reconstruction Act of 1867... what does it mean to impeach a government official?
Formally charge with misconduct in office; they go on trail; charged with a crime; not immediately kicked out
This group of people thought Lincoln's plan for reconstruction was too lenient, and came up with their own...
Radical Republicans
These laws reestablished slavery in disguise
Black Codes
How many members make up the House of Representatives and the US Senate? (Hint, there are 535 members in Congress)
House of Reps = 435
Senate = 100
Describe the economic, social, and political differences between the North and the South
Economic - North = industry, South = farming
Social - North = urban, anti-slavery, South = rural, pro-slavery
Political - North = strong central government, South = State rights
This term means the "separation of races"
Segregation
Describe the court case of Plessy vs Ferguson, including the arrest, the decision, and the effect it had on the South...
Arrested for sitting on white train car, court ruled guilty, set up constitutionally legal segregation in South for next 60 years (separate but equal)
This act set up militarized districts in the South until each state's government signed off on the 13th and 14th Amendment
Reconstruction Act of 1867 (year doesn't matter)
Describe the system of checks and balances in the American Government
Separation of powers to avoid one branch from becoming too powerful
Describe the system of sharecropping and the effect it had on black farmers
Farmed land and in return paid landowners in crops; kept in a cycle of poverty
Explain the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
13th - Abolish slavery
14th - Grants citizenship to all persons born in US
15th - Grants voting rights to all male citizens