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Reconstruction DCES
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was created to help Freedmen get food, clothes and built hospitals and schools? | Freedmen's Bureau |
| What happened to President Lincoln after the Civil War? | He was assassinated. |
| What did Johnson allow the South to pass that made life difficult for freedmen? | Black Codes |
| Which law separated blacks and whites? | Jim Crow Laws |
| What is the voc. word for the separation of blacks and whites? | Segregation |
| Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated? | Andrew Johnson |
| What did people call Congress because they didn't agree with Lincoln nor Johnson? | Radical Republicans |
| Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln and where? | John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre |
| Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote? | 13th |
| Which amendment gave African Americans citizenship? | 14th |
| Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote? | 15th |
| What is a period of time? | an era |
| What term means to separate based on race? | segregate |
| What is a period of ten years? | decade |
| What word means focused on business? | industrial or industry |
| What word means the effect of something? | impact |
| Freedmen had to rent land from their owners to farm. | sharecropping |
| What is one way the South tried to keep freedmen from voting? | literacy tests |
| A violent group that committed crimes against African Americans | Ku Klux Klan |
| Who proposes a new amendment? | congressmen |
| What percentage of the states must ratify the new amendment for it to be passed? | 3/4 |
| What percentage of the house and senate must pass the amendment? | 2/3 |
| What is the Bill of Right? | first ten changes or amendments to the Constitution |
| Does the President have the right to veto an amendment? | No |
| What city specialized in steel production grew very quickly? | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| What was one of the biggest troubles that cities faced after the Civil War? | how to provide enough food and supplies for everyone |
| What were Northerners called that came South to make a profit after the Civil War? | Carpetbaggers |
| People that lived in the South and supported Reconstruction were called.. | Scalawags |
| What were some of the effects of the war on the North? | transportation improved and people were angry with South, |
| What were some of the effects of the war on the South? | Slavery was ended and many places were destroyed |