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Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This plan welcomed the South back into the Union without malice and required ten percent of a state’s voters pledge allegiance to the Union and support Emancipation. | Lincoln’s 10% Plan |
| Northerners who moved to the South in order to make money. | Carpetbaggers |
| A southerner who supports the Union | Scalawags |
| This group helped former slaves with schools, getting jobs, and housing. | Freedmen’s Bureau |
| A large group of former confederate soldiers who terrorized blacks throughout the South during reconstruction. | The KKK |
| A system of farming that allowed former slaves and poor whites to work the ground for large landowners in exchange for a portion of the profits. Not much different than slavery. | Sharecropping |
| These laws were passed in the South in order to limit the rights of freed African-Americans. | Black Codes |
| He was elected President during Reconstruction and was a strong advocate for the rights of freed slaves. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| This agreement after the election of 1876 saw all Union troops pulled from the South and effectively ended the era of reconstruction. | The Compromise of 1877 |
| During this period of time the KKK increased in power in the South as the states found ways to deny rights to blacks and the races became deeply segregated. | Jim Crow Era |
| This Constitutional amendment prohibits both federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” | 15th amendment |
| This Constitutional amendment abolished slavery and all other forms of involuntary servitude in the U.S. | 13th Amendment |
| This Constitutional amendment addresses citizenship rights in the U.S. and guarantees equal protection under the law. | 14th Amendment |