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Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an addition or change to a document | amendment |
| to pardon a large group of people | amnesty |
| to kill in a sneak attack - usually something influential | assasinate |
| Southern laws designed to control the freedmen | black codes |
| A government department | Bureau |
| Northerners who went South during Radical Reconstruction to profit | Carpetbaggers |
| When an agreement is reached between 2 sides | compromise |
| a secret plan by a group to do something harmful or unlawful | conspiracy |
| name given to the former slaves | freedmen |
| to charge a public official of a crime while holding office | impeach |
| laws established segregation in the South | Jim Crow |
| overly forgiving | lenient |
| ability to read & write | literacy |
| to kill in public without going through the law | lynching |
| to officially forgive of a crime | pardon |
| a feeling that something is going to happen | premonition |
| The rebuilding of the nation after the war | reconstruction |
| laws passed by Congress to disband the state governments in the South & put them into military districts | Reconstruction Acts of 1867 |
| Southerners who supported Radical Reconstruction | Scalawags |
| a farmer allowed to work someone else’s land for a share/portion of the crops | Sharecropper |
| the separation of people based on differences | segregation |
| slavery becomes illegal in the U.S. | thirteenth amendment |
| gave the freedmen citizenship | fourteenth amendment |
| guarantees the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or color | fifteenth amendment |
| What does Reconstruction mean in this unit? | the rebuilding of the nation after the war |
| What did the Thirteenth Amendment do? | made slavery illegal in the U.S. |
| What federal holiday commemorates the day that the last slaves were freed? | Juneteenth |
| What were the three issues faced during Reconstruction? | 1. Reintroduction of former Confederate states back into the U.S> 2. Rebuilding the physical damage in the South 3. Handling the freedmen |
| What organization was established to help the freedmen? | Freedmen’s Bureau |
| Give some examples of how Freedmen’s Bureua helped the freedmen. | - set up schools for them - helped them find jobs - trie to help them get land (40 acres) - helped get supplies & medicine |
| Who are some other famous individuals who have been assasinated? | JFK, MLK, John Lennon |
| Who assasinated Lincoln? | John Wilkins Booth |
| What is unique about Lincoln’s assassination compared to other presidents who have been killed? | it was the only proven conspiracy |
| Who became president when Lincoln died (Lincoln’s VP) | Andrew Johnson |
| What were Black Codes? | Southern laws designed to control the freedmen |
| Give some examples of black codes. | - freedmen can only hold farm jobs - freedmen can’t go to school - freedmen can’t own a firearm - freedmen can’t sit on juries |
| Why did many freedmen sharecroppers find themselves in a cycle of poverty after they were freed? | they were always in debt to the land owner |
| What Congressman led the “Radical” Republicans? | Thaddeus Stevens |
| What were the two goals of the Radical Republicans while dealing with Johnson’s Plan? | 1. Protect the freedmen by giving them the right to be citizens 2. Prevent former confederates from controlling southern politics. |
| What other presidents besides Johnson have been impeached? | Bill Clinton & Trump |
| What did the Reconstruction Acts do? | disband the state governments in the South & put them into military districts |
| Who was put in charge of the Southern Districts? | Union generals |
| What was the Fourteenth Amendment? | gave the freedmen citizenship |
| What war hero was elected President after Andrew Johnson finished his term in office? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| What was Ulysses S. Grant’s greatest accomplishment as president? | signing the 15th amendment into law |
| What did the 15th amendment do about voting? | guarantees the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or color |
| Why did white Southerners hate scalawags so much? | they were seen as traitors to the South & to their race |
| What white organization used terror during Reconstruction to bring back the Southern way of life. | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) |
| What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan? | to stop the freedmen & their allies from voting for Republicans |
| Why did the KKK wear masks? | to frighten people & hide their identity |
| What were some of the tactics the Klan used against the freedman and Republicans in the South? | Terror & threats, beatings, whippings, murder, (+ lynching ) |
| Who were the candidates who ran in the election of 1876? | Rupublican - Rutherford B. Hayes Democrat - Samuel J. Tilden |
| What Democrat received 51% of the popular votes in the election - but lost ? | Tilden |
| What did Republicans get in the Compromise of 1877? | Republican Hayes to become president |
| What did the Democrats get in the Compromise of 1877? | Hayes removed soldiers from the South & Reconstruction ended |
| What did “Big” Jim Kennelly want as ransom for Lincoln’s body? | $200,000 & to release counterfeiter from prison |
| what did Lincoln’s son do to prevent anyone from ever disturbing Lincoln’s body again? | surround the coffin in a 10ft steel cate & cover it in cement. |
| What was the original purpose of the secret service? | to combat counterfeiting |
| What president was killed, leading to the secret service taking over presidential protection? | William McKinley |
| What 3 tactics did Southern states used to get around the 15th amendment to stop black men from voting? | - Literacy tests - Poll tax - Property ownership |
| What segregation laws did the Southern Democrats put into place when they regained control of the souther states after Reconstruction? | Jim Crow |
| What Supreme Court case upheld (said they were constitutional) Jim Crow segregation laws in the South? | Plessey vs. Ferguson |
| What phrase (used by the U.S. Supreme Court) allowed segregation laws to be passed (legal) in the South? | ”seperate but equal” |
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