Reconstruction

Reconstruction Plans

100

Who were the Presidents during Reconstruction?

Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson

200

What did Lincoln want to do as soon as possible?

restore the Union and unite the country again

300

Describe Congress' reconstruction plan

divide Confederacy into 5 districts that are all watched over by Union army generals

During Reconstruction

100

What does Reconstruction mean and what were the dates of Reconstruction?

Rebuilding the South after the Civil War: 1865-1877

200

These were established during Reconstruction by Southern states to further discriminate against black people

black codes

300

List TWO things the Freedman's Bureau did for those after the Civil War

built schools, provided clothing and food, and helped those look for jobs after the war

Amendments

100

My African American neighbor owns his own store with a lot of property that is his own. Without this amendment, that may not have been possible

13th Amendment

200

What does the 14th Amendment say?

Anyone born in the United States is considered a citizen

300

South Carolina refused to ratify or follow these two amendments and therefore had to write a new constitution with those included

14th and 15th Amendment

Social Groups during Reconstruction 1

100

This group was their freedom and the right to vote during Reconstruction

African Americans

200

Which group would have said the following statement? "I thought my slaves were loyal to me, but now I am only feeling betrayed that they have left me"

Wealthy plantation owners

300

Sharecropping is an agreement between a landowner and sharecropper. Who was usually the landowner and who was usually the sharecropper? Why was it this way and not the other way around?

landowner-white male and sharecropper-black male. It was this way, because before the Civil War, black people weren't allowed to own land like white people could

Social Groups during Reconstruction 2

100

Who was NOT affected financially by African Americans being freed? Why?

Small farmers, because they didn't use slaves and worked on their own land themselves

200

Who would have said the following statement "I now have to compete with African Americans for the same jobs since we are now considered equals"

White, small farmers

300

Describe what happened to a large majority of African Americans during Reconstruction

many left their plantations for freedom, but having nowhere to go, they decided to head back to their old plantations