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Unit 12 Reconstructi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Process of restoring, reorganizing, or repairing | RECONSTRUCTION |
| Northerners who came South during Reconstruction Era, often to help freedmen or to find new economic opportunites | Carpetbaggers |
| Reconstruction years | 1865-1877 |
| Problem faced by Southerners during Reconstruction--- | how to educate and prepare millions of freedmen for freedom |
| President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War-- | Union should be restored as quickly as possible |
| What amendment abolished slavery? | 13th |
| "Solid South" was applied to the former Confederate States after Reconstruction because they supported this political party-- | DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
| This amendment gave African American males the right to vote--- | 15th |
| Result of the of the Homestead Act of 1862-- | settlement of western territories acclerated |
| This amendment gave newly-freed enslaved people citizenship--- | 14th |
| This secret society used terrorism and murder to limit opportunities for newly-freed African Americans after the Civil War | KU KLUX KLAN |
| What group was excluded in obtaining their citizenship? | Native Americans |
| Morrill Act | states built their first public college |
| Who was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate? | Hiram Revels |
| Southerners who worked with the Republicans-- | SCALAWAGS |
| Who followed Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan--punishment for the South should NOT be cruel and harsh? | Andrew Johnson |
| Granted citizenship to persons born in the United States except Native Americans-- | Civil Rights Act of 1866 |
| What group was given the right to vote according to the 15th Amendment? | Black Males |
| Purpose of the Black Codes, KKK, poll tax, & Jim Crow laws | prevented freed African Americans from exercising their new rights |
| How did Southern state governments respond to the demands of Reconstruction? | passed laws that limited opportunities for African Americans |
| Expanded education opportunities for newly freed enslaved people-- | Freedman's Bureau |
| What was the result of the Compromise of 1877? | Rutherford Hayes chosen president by Congress in exchange for federal troops being removed from Southern states to end Reconstruction |
| How did the Reconstruction Era politically affect the country? | three new amendments to the Constitution were approved |
| What was the purpose of the Black Codes? | denied equal rights to African Americans |
| What act forced ownership of Indian lands among individual members, leading to a significant disruption in their tribal way of life? | DAWES ACT |
| What did Andrew Johnson do to the Civil Rights Act of 1866? | vetoed it, but Radical Republicans overrode his veto |
| Why was there a need for the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War? | Restrict the actions of Southern congressional leaders in the national government |
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