Reconstruction Era Laws
Hey there! We are southern laws that limited what Freedmen could do and where they could live and work.
What are Black Codes?
Legal separation of people according to their race.
What is segregation?
On the surface, I did a great thing for the country! I made the American government look supportive and concerned about AAs. Yet, digging deeper, you will soon realize that I actually created a pipeline to prison for AAs and people of color. Which one am I?
What was the Thirteenth Amendment?
The period lasted from 1865 through 1877.
What is Reconstruction?
True or False:
Life after slavery for most AAs was similar to slavery (they were poor, some uneducated, undervalued in society, and oppressed).
Sadly this is true!
If you are anything like me, you must be an honest person! Many have controversial feelings and thoughts about my ideas and decisions (which is why I was assassinated) but you can thank me for ending slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln or "Honest Abe"?
I live in our constitution and can be found in this room as well! I tell you what you can do as a citizen in the US. Jay Z knows me...how about you?
What is the Bill of Rights?
A term used for Northerners who traveled to live and work in the South after the Civil War.
What are Carpetbaggers?
How many Reconstruction Amendments are there?
What is 3?
This was (and still is) a commonly used act of hatred and racism. Billie Holiday made a song about me called "Strange Fruit" highlighting black bodies hanging from the poplar trees. You may have seen an example of me in the political cartoon from this week.
What am I called?
What is lynching?
I live within the societal systems and structures of the country and the world. I am known to create chaos, inequality, and injustice for people of color while granting privileges and opportunities for advancement for White people in America. You cannot get rid of me but if you work really hard, you may be able to find me in the most surprising places.
What is systemic racism/institutionalized racism?
I am a proud Black man in America who did not stand for injustice. I was born into slavery but escaped and have been advocating for equality ever since. I hope you choose to celebrate Juneteenth rather than the 4th of July this year!
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Name these Southern laws requiring people to prove they could read before they could vote.
What are Literacy Test laws?
A terrorist organization that used fear, intimidation, and violence to take away African-Americans' rights.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
I gave every citizen suffrage!
I only granted Black men this right during Reconstruction.
America still tried to infringe on this right for AAs by creating poll taxes, the grandfather clause, and other Black codes that made it difficult or impossible for EVERYONE to exercise their right!
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
This was the name for a newly freed African-American.
What is a Freedman?
Drafted by Abraham Lincoln, I am difficult to pronounce and I created tension between the Union and the Confederate because of my purpose.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was the first African-American senator.
Who was Hiram Revels?
This was a southern law requiring African-Americans to pay a fee in order to vote.
What are Poll Taxes?
An (often unfair) system that allowed the exchange of crops grown by AAs for a space/residence on white plantation land. It often resulted in deepened levels of poverty for AAs and heightened levels of control for white plantation owners.
What is sharecropping?
The cubed root of 2197 is this number amendment.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
I am the reason most AAs could not support their families during Reconstruction. Because of me, most AAs turned to sharecropping to make financial gains. However, due to the inequality of the sharecropping, I still ruined many AAs lives. I still exist today in America and if you make under $35,000 in America, you live in me.
What is poverty?
What side won the Civil War?
What is the Union?
We stood for ending slavery and were composed of almost all of the northern states and some western territories. Under the leadership of "Honest Abe", we rock the color blue so we could hide during the Civil War.
What/who is the Union?
Respect your elders! This law allowed a person to vote if his older family members could vote before the Civil War.
What is the Grandfather Clause?
Although not the only, what was the main cause of the Civil War?
What is the role of slavery in society?
During Reconstruction, I gave AAs a new identity in America. Thanks to me, people born in the United States are entitled to the same rights and opportunities. The government cannot infringe on your rights because of me!
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This was a group of politicians who wanted to punish the South and protect the rights of Freedmen after the Civil War.
What are Radical Republicans?
We are some of the first educational institutions in America to offer education to AAs during a time in the country when they were not accepted. You may have heard of some of us! For example, Fisk University, Howard University, Cheyney University, and more!
What are we called as a collection?
What is an HBCU or Historically Black College/University?
Different from the ones that wore blue, we chose grey ...simply because it was the cheaper option! Under Jefferson Davis' commands, our fight in the Civil War led to a close battle in which we lost. You can still find our flags throughout the southern states in which most people associate it with slavery and racism.
Who/what is the confederate?
Southerners who supported Reconstruction were called this name.
What are scalawags?
Another way to say "the right to vote" is....
What is sufferage?
This date became official in 1865 and marked the official end of slavery when the enslaved people in Texas finally received word that slavery was legally over. It is not an official federal holiday in the US.
What is Junteenth?
What were the 2 main purposes of Hiram Revel's speech to the Senate in 1871? In other words, what 2 issues did he advocate for?
2. What is awareness and an end to the disease of racism?