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Civil War 5-Lesson 5
Civil War 5-Lesson 5-Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Even though President Lincoln was assassinated, a program that he developed for the South was still being done, what was the name of this program? | Reconstruction |
| Who continued Lincoln’s program, even through, that the Republicans in Congress didn’t like or trust his leadership? | Andrew Johnson |
| What “Act” was developed to help 4 million African Americans develop equal status in the Union throughout the U.S.A.? | Civil Rights Act of 1866 |
| What was the name of Northern businessmen that started their small business trades by taking advantage the ruined states of the South? | “Carpetbaggers” |
| What did the South called them, because they didn’t like their greedy businesses in the Southern plantations or trade industries? | “Scalawags” |
| What did southern politicians do that once they had their chance to input changes in their states in the south? | The Southern politicians immediately passed “Black Codes” to deny African Americans rights to vote, owning guns, kept certain jobs or take certain jobs that were being offered |
| What did the 13th Amendment do the in Constitution of the United States of America? | Abolishment for slavery in all states (North and South) |
| What did the 14th Amendment do the in Constitution of the United States of America? | Guaranteed equality under the law for all citizens |
| What did the 15th Amendment do the in Constitution of the United States of America? | Gave all male citizens the right to vote without the regard of race |
| What system was developed that was supposed to help former slaves find land and develop work when they rented from plantation owners? | Sharecropping |
| What secret society that was a extreme form of racism that harmed African American in jobs, voting in Congress, their public schools, and home owning rights? | Ku Klux Klan |
| What “Laws or Acts” did southern politicians passed that hurt or hindered African Americans to vote in Southern Elections? | “Jim Crow Laws” |
| What were the 2 issues were used in southern laws to kept African American from voting in southern elections? | 1. Charged excessive taxes for African Americans to vote and 2) proclaimed an unfit reading test African Americans had to pass in order to vote in any political elections |