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WKMS Resconstruction
Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which Reconstruction government agency helped provide food, clothing, medical care and education to freedmen? | The Freedmen’s Bureau |
| Why was the Ku Klux Klan created? | to terrorize freedmen and gain back control |
| What was included in the 14th Amendment? | The guarantee of civil rights for all citizens of the U.S.. |
| What did President Lincoln’s plan and the Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction both contain? | African Americans were emancipated. (Southern states had to recognize the 13th Amendment.) |
| What laws proved that white southerners were not willing to recognize the political rights of the newly freed slaves? | Black Codes |
| As a result of the Compromise of 1877, what brought about the end of Reconstruction in SC and other southern states? | Union soldiers left the state |
| What was the purpose for Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan for Reconstruction? | He wanted to get the union back together and end Reconstruction quickly. |
| How did the Radical Republicans make sure that the rights of the freedmen were protected in the Reconstruction Act of 1867? | The South was divided into districts and soldiers were put in charge. |
| What was the most important contribution of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction? | A public education system was created. |
| Under Congressional Reconstruction, states had to meet what requirements in order to reenter the Union? | States had to ratify the 13th (abolished slavery), 14th (gave citizenship) and 15th (gave voting rights to African-American males)Amendments.. |
| Who had political control of SC after the 1868 constitution was approved? | Radical Republicans |
| What name was given to northern missionaries, teachers, and businessmen who came to the South after the Civil War to make money and help the South? | Carpetbaggers. |
| Which amendment abolished or ended slavery? | The 13th Amendment abolished slavery during Reconstruction. |
| What name was given to the members if Congress who wanted to make the South pay dearly for the Civil War? | Radical Republicans |
| Which of the following describes Reconstruction? 1) "Supreme Court Issues the Dred Scott Decision" 2) "Emancipation Proclamation Issued by Andrew Johnson" 3) Freedmen Receive No Help from Union Soldiers" 4) Former Slaves Will Become Citizens". | Statement 4: "Former Slaves Will Become Citizens". |
| What helped the Radical Republicans become more powerful in SC? | African American males gaining the right to vote |
| What is the difference between a sharecropper and a tenant farmer? | A tenant farmer was responsible for supplying his own tools, seeds and fertilizer and had a choice of the type of crops he grew. |
| What happened to many African Americans in the South during Reconstruction as a result of tenant farming and the crop lien system? | They entered a life of poverty and debt. |
| What name was given to former slaves during Reconstruction? | Freedmen |
| After the ratification of the 15th amendment, who was allowed to vote? | African American males |
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