Vocab 1
Lynching
Kidnapping and killing of people by mobs, often done to minorities
Used to restrict African-Americans from voting in the South by exploiting their lack of education
Literacy Tests
This president planned to only punish high ranking Confederates and desperately wanted to reunite the North and South through loyalty oaths.
Abraham Lincoln
Which of the following did the Freedmen's Bureau NOT do?
A. Provide food for poor Southerners
B. Permanently confiscate land from Southern planters
C. Provide education and jobs to former slaves
B. Permanently confiscate land from Southern planters
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
The Civil War effected the United States through the spending of over $6 million, the loss of 2% of its population, and the destruction of the Southern economy.
False, The Civil War effected the United States through the spending of over $6 billion, the loss of 2% of its population, and the destruction of the Southern economy.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1897)
Supreme court case that established legalized segregation
Used to restrict African-Americans from voting in the South by exploiting their lack of wealth/money
Poll taxes
This president was known for being a poor politician. However, he cracked down on the KKK and provided many protections and rights for African-Americans.
Ulysses S. Grant
What did the 14th Amendment do?
A. Citizenship and equal protection for anyone born in the U.S.
B. Right to vote for former slaves
C. Outlawed slavery
A. Citizenship and equal protection for anyone born in the U.S.
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
True
Black Codes/Jim Crow Laws
Laws passed that continued to oppress African-Americans in the South during and after the Civil War
A Southerner who chose to work and cooperate with Northerners to reunite the two sides
Scalawag
This president desperately wanted to reunite the North and South and was known for frequently opposing civil rights acts and laws for African-Americans.
Andrew Johnson
What did the 13th Amendment do?
A. Right to vote for former slaves
B. Outlawed slavery
C. Citizenship and equal protection for anyone born in the U.S.
B. Outlawed slavery
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
The Ku Klux Klan formed before the Civil War to help kidnap African-Americans to join the Confederate Army.
False, The Ku Klux Klan formed after the Civil War to intimidate and/or kill African-Americans to keep them from exercising their civil rights.
"Waving the Bloody Shirt"
Tactic used by Republicans where they continuously pinned the blame for the horrors and bloodshed of the Civil War on the Democrats
A Northerner who traveled to the South to either educate, employ, or exploit newly freed slaves
Carpetbagger
Pennsylvania Representative who pushed for the harsh punishment of former Confederates
Thaddeus Stevens
What did the 15th Amendment do?
A. Outlawed slavery
B. Citizenship and equal protection for anyone born in the U.S.
C. Right to vote for former slaves
C. Right to vote for former slaves
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
President Johnson signed the Amnesty Act, pardoning all low ranking Confederates.
False, President Grant signed the Amnesty Act, pardoning all low ranking Confederates.
This allowed people to bypass other voting restrictions if someone in their family had the right to vote prior to 1868
Grandfather Clause
This president was known for making a deal with the Democrats to secure the presidency. He removed troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.
Rutherford B. Hayes
What was President Johnson impeached for?
A. Perjury
B. Obstruction of Justice
C. Unlawful termination
C. Unlawful termination
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
Reconstruction came to an end when President Grant removed Union troops from the South
False, Reconstruction came to an end when President Hayes removed Union troops from the South