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8SS_Reconstruction
Reconstruction (Kendall)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What condition was the South in after the Civil War? | it lay in total ruin |
| What is Reconstruction? | The period of time when the South was rebuilt. It also refers to the federal government's plan to rebuild the South. |
| How many enslaved people were freed after the war? | 4 million |
| What was the percentage Lincoln asked of the voters from the South to swear loyalty to the US? | 10% |
| What did Lincoln grant to any Confederate willing to swear an oath of loyalty to the Union? | amnesty |
| What was the Freedmen's Bureau? | It provided food, clothing and medical care to the former Confederate States. It also set up schools for freed slaves. |
| What did the Black Codes forbid? | African-Americans the right to vote, own guns and serve on juries |
| What did President Johnson do in regards to the rules that were now governing African-Americans in the South? | he turned a blind eye |
| What did Congress attempt to pass? | the 14th Amendment |
| What was the Reconstruction Act meant to do? | override any state government |
| In order to remove President Johnson from office how many votes were required from the Senate? | 2/3 majority |
| How many votes allowed Johnson to remain in office? | 1 vote |
| Who were responsible for trying to remove Johnson from office? | Radical Republicans |
| Who was the third largest group in politics in the South? | African-Americans |
| What are scalawags? | Southern white men who agreed with Republicans |
| What are carpetbaggers? | Northerners who traveled down South to make money off of the need for reconstruction |
| What did Southerners believe about carpetbaggers? | they were in such a hurry to make money, that they only had time to throw a few items into a cheap bag |
| What was Ulysses S. Grant's nickname during the war? | Unconditional Surrender Grant |
| What do Americans voters historically favor? | war heroes |
| What was 15th Amendment? | it ensured that no citizen shall be denied the right to vote |
| What was the Ku Klux Klan? | a secret society made up of white men. They dressed in white robes and kept their heads covered |
| What was the KKK's campaign against? | the Republican attempts to establish political and economic equality for African-Americans |
| What forms of intimidation did the KKK use? | violence and even murder |
| What did the KKK believe in? | complete white supremacy |
| How many terms did Grant serve as President? | 2 terms |
| What was the celebration where Frederick Douglass gave a speech? | the Centennial Celebration |
| Who wins the presidential election in 1867? | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| What was placed on many African Americans in the South? | voting restrictions |
| What was the Polling tax? | It required voters to pay a fee every time they voted |
| What were the Literacy Tests? | It required voters to read and explain a difficult part of the constitution |
| What was the Grandfather Clause? | it stated that if a voter's father or grandfather voted in an election the voter didn't have to take the literacy test |
| What was the law of separating people of different races in the South called? | racial segregation |
| What were the Jim Crow Laws? | it separated blacks and whites in schools and public areas |
| What was the lawsuit brought forward by African Americans know as? | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
| What did the Supreme Court rule about segregation? | it was legal as long as facilities were the same for both blacks and whites. |
| What idea thrived in the South before the Civil Rights Movement? | separate but equal |
| What was a sharecropper? | A laborer who worked the land for the farmer who owns it, in exchange for a share of the value of the crop |
| What did sharecropping do for the African Americans? | it kept them living in a community of poverty |
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