Reconstruction
The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was known as this?
What was reconstruction?
These republicans did want to help the newly freed slaves, and they wanted to punish the south.
Who were the radical republicans?
This made African Americans citizens and gave them "equal protection" . . . at least for a little while.
What was the 14th Amendment?
Unfortunately, for the African Americans who stayed in the south, they became these, living in poverty and renting farm land from white land owners.
What were sharecroppers?
This case stated that Jim Crow, or "separate, but equal" were constitutional and did not violate anyones' rights.
What was Plessy v Ferguson, 1989?
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln just after the Civil War ended and just before Reconstruction really began.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
The Radical Republicans began using this type of check, doing this to all of Johnson's vetoes.
What is overriding his vetoes?
After accepting Robert E Lee's surrender, this man served two terms as president during Reconstruction.
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
These "tests" were created to take away an African American's right to suffrage (vote).
What were literacy tests?
He fought to end discrimination and believed education without equality was unacceptable. He wanted African Americans students to go to college and become professionals (doctors, teachers and lawyers).
Who was WEB DuBois?
This man became president and took over Reconstruction when Lincoln died.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
The Radical Republicans passed the Military Reconstruction Act which divided the south into five military districts and put these people into the southern states to protect the newly freed slaves and enforce federal legislation.
Who were Union soldiers?
This amendment gave male African Americans the right to vote.
What was the 19th amendment?
These "taxes" were created to take away an African American's right to suffrage (vote).
What were poll taxes?
She worked tirelessly to make lynchings a federal crime.
Who was Ida B Wells?
Even though Lincoln believed war was necessary to preserve the Union, Lincoln did not want to do this to the Southern States or the southerners themselves.
What is punish them?
This organization, put in place by Lincoln before he died, helped newly freed slaves with education, jobs, and family reunification.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
Radical Republicans and President Grant used the Force Bill to dismantle the power of this hate group . . . for about 8 years.
What was the KKK?
This "Compromise" ended Reconstruction when Rutherford B Hayes agreed to remove all federal troops from the South, as confederates took over state houses and passed Jim Crow laws.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
This Virginian believed African Americans should be more concerned about their economic standing, instead of equality. He founded Tuskegee Institute for African Americans to learn a trade or skill (vocational education).
Who was Booker T Washington?
Andrew Johnson, like Lincoln, did not want to punish the South, but, unlike Lincoln, Johnson did nothing to help this new group of people.
Who were the freed slaves (African Americans)?
To get back into the Union, Southern states had to take an oath to the Union and ratify this amendment, that ended slavery throughout the entire nation.
What was the 13th Amendment?
When Reconstruction ended, this era in the south began.
What was Jim Crow?
WEB DuBois and Ida B Wells and others formed this organization that worked to end segregation using the court system.