Purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

13th- to abolish slavery 14th- provided Constitutional basis for Civil Rights Act 15th- No one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Significance of Hiram Revels

first black senator; only S. Carolina had a black majority in state legislature

Definition and results of sharecropping

landowners divided their land and gave each worker, either freed black or poor white, a few acres along with seeds and tools continuous cycle of poverty--> by the time they shared their crops and paid debts they barely had any $ left for them if any

Problems/ Conditions in the South

Economic change turned bad for Southern agriculture - during war demand for cotton went down b/c other countries began to grow their own -did not diversify= kept growing more -plantations arose again

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

Johnson wanted to deal harshly with Confederate leaders - considered traitor in S each remaining confederate state (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, Sc, TX) could be readmitted by following rules --w/draw secession --pledge allegiance to the Union

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan cont...

--annul Confederate was debts --ratify the 13th Amendment= abolish slavery ---Only difference from Lincoln's 10% plan--> prevent most high ranking Confederates and wealthy landowners from taking oath for voting privileges

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan cont2...

----failed to address former slaves rights for: -land -voting rights protection under the law

Compromise of 1877- purpose/result

purpose: Southerners were willing to accept Hayes as president if they got something in return. result: marked the end of reconstruction

a.redemption- the Southern Democrats term for their return to power in the South in the 1870's b.home rule- a state's powers of governing it's citizens w/o federal involvement c.carpetbaggers- Northerners who moved to the S. after the Civil war

d.scalawags- White Southerners who joined the Republican party after the Civil War e.black codes- discriminatory laws passed throughout the post Civil war South which severely restricted blacks lives, prohibiting such activities as traveling w/o a permit

...carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites, and marrying whites f.Freedman's Bureau- a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War

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Question	Answer
Purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments	13th- to abolish slavery 14th- provided Constitutional basis for Civil Rights Act 15th- No one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
Significance of Hiram Revels	first black senator; only S. Carolina had a black majority in state legislature
Definition and results of sharecropping	landowners divided their land and gave each worker, either freed black or poor white, a few acres along with seeds and tools continuous cycle of poverty--> by the time they shared their crops and paid debts they barely had any $ left for them if any
Problems/ Conditions in the South	Economic change turned bad for Southern agriculture - during war demand for cotton went down b/c other countries began to grow their own -did not diversify= kept growing more -plantations arose again
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan	Johnson wanted to deal harshly with Confederate leaders - considered traitor in S each remaining confederate state (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, Sc, TX) could be readmitted by following rules --w/draw secession --pledge allegiance to the Union
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan cont...	--annul Confederate was debts --ratify the 13th Amendment= abolish slavery ---Only difference from Lincoln's 10% plan--> prevent most high ranking Confederates and wealthy landowners from taking oath for voting privileges
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan cont2...	----failed to address former slaves rights for: -land -voting rights protection under the law
Compromise of 1877- purpose/result	purpose: Southerners were willing to accept Hayes as president if they got something in return. result: marked the end of reconstruction
Definitions	a.redemption- the Southern Democrats term for their return to power in the South in the 1870's b.home rule- a state's powers of governing it's citizens w/o federal involvement c.carpetbaggers- Northerners who moved to the S. after the Civil war
Definitions cont...	d.scalawags- White Southerners who joined the Republican party after the Civil War e.black codes- discriminatory laws passed throughout the post Civil war South which severely restricted blacks lives, prohibiting such activities as traveling w/o a permit
Definitions cont2...	...carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites, and marrying whites f.Freedman's Bureau- a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War

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