Reconstruction Politics
Reconstruction Society
Reconstruction Plans
Amendments
Black Codes
100
This political party existed before the Civil War and were bent on returning the south to Antebellum times.
The Democrats
100
This was the name given to former slaves after the Civil War.
Freedmen
100
Under Lincoln's plan, only this percentage of the state population was required to be readmitted into the Union.
10%
100
This Amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War and made these things illegal
13th; slavery & involuntary servitude
100
This code said that if a person's grandfather had been able to vote, then they were able to vote too
Grandfather Clause
200
Along with Republicans, these 2 political groups were reviled by the Democrats for being traitors or opposing their political agenda
Carpet Baggers & Scalawags
200
Those who wished to return control of the state to the Democrats were given this name
"Redeemers"
200
This was the Act passed by Congress that divided the southern states (with the exception of Tennessee) into 5 military districts
The Reconstruction Act
200
Sharecropping, vagrancy laws, contract laws, and prisoner renting were sneaky ways Democrats got around this amendment because...
The 13th; slavery and involuntary servitude were illegal
200
Although not limited to black folks, this system kept people in debt to land owners which in turn forced them to sign an employment contract each year to work the land even if they wanted to quit
Sharecropping
300
In Johnson's plan, all those who swore loyalty to the US (aka The Union) after the civil war were pardoned except for those who....(name 1)
People with property worth over $20,000
High ranking Confederate officers
Anyone who left the US military to fight for the confederacy
300
Although free, Africans were not yet able to enjoy the benefits of being free due to these statutes.
Black Codes
300
This part of the federal government wanted tougher requirements on states to rejoin the Union and put pressure on President Johnson to add them to his plan.
Congress
300
The political cartoon shown here represents the __th Amendment which prevented the government from doing this
The 15th; preventing someone from voting based on race
300
This code required voters to pay an amount of money before they could vote
Poll Tax
400
Most elected officials in 1865 (before Republicans dominated) in Mississippi to had served in this government and refused to grant Africans any rights
Confederate
400
A terrorist group immerged during this period that attempted to scare African Americans and Republicans with threats of violence in order to maintain control over them.
The Ku Klux Klan
400
Tennessee was not made into a Military District for this reason
Tennessee ratified the 14th Amendment
400
The 14th amendment prevented Democrats from denying Africans their rights using this technicality.
Africans had not been officially granted citizenship and therefore were not entitled to citizenship rights (i.e. voting)
400
Under the labor contracts they signed, many freedmen were subjected to this by a landowner if the landowner felt the freeman was not living up to his duties.
Whipping
500
Immediately following the Civil War, it is estimated that this many freedmen existed in Mississippi
400,000
500
Members of the Ku Klux Klan belonged to this political party
Southern Democrats
500
When Congressed passed the Reconstruction Act, Mississippi became Military District number ____.
4
500
Define the word ratify
To make official
500
Under Black Codes, vagrancy was a criminal offense. What is vagrancy?
Homelessness