Reconstruction in Georgia
What was the name of the hate group that intimidated and used violence towards African Americans?
KKK
What is secession?
The act of leaving the Union.
Which amendment abolished slavery in the US?
13th
What are the names of the three reconstruction plans?
Lincoln, Johnson, and Congressional
Crime that are considered less serious.
Examples: Assault, shoplifting, and trespassing
What are misdemeanors?
What organization was created to help freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War?
Freedmen’s Bureau
What does the term “Union” refer to in the Civil War context?
The Northern states that remained loyal to the U.S. government.
Which did the 14th amendment do?
Gave African Americans citizenship and protected their rights under the law
Who's plan was very lenient towards the South and only sought to rebuild?
Lincoln
What are felonies?
Time period after the Civil War that involved rebuilding the Union and attempting to get the south to rejoin the Union
What is reconstruction?
A system where farmers worked land owned by someone else in exchange for a share of the crops.
What is sharecropping?
Life, liberty, or property can not be taken unless a person goes through the correct legal process. This statement aligns with which amendment?
What is the 14th Amendment?
He was a democrat that had formerly owned slaves. He was seeking to appease the South. Which is why this plan favored the South more.
What is Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?
Crimes with a death sentence are called?
What are capital crimes?
Laws that restricted the rights of freed African Americans.
What are Black codes?
Paid rent to farmers and often owned more supplies.
What is tenant farming?
Which amendment guaranteed all men to right to vote?
15th
Who thought Johnson's plan was too lenient on the south and they were mad that Johnson had just fired some of the radical republicans.
Who is Congress?
A group of impartial citizens that determine guilt or not
What is a jury?
Why was Georgia temporarily removed from the Union during Reconstruction and put back under military rule?
For expelling Black legislators and resisting Reconstruction policies.
To pass or approve of something
What is ratify?
White democrats claimed that the ______________ amendment only gave black Americans the right to vote and not hold political office.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Made by radical republicans, wanted the south punished, divided the south into 5 military districts and the 14th and 15th amendments had to be ratified. These were all results of which plan?
What is the Congressional plan?
The process of determining if someone is guilty or not?
What is a trial?