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S.S unit 2
vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amendment | An addition or change to a document |
| Thirteenth amendment | slavery becomes illegal in the U.S |
| Freedmen | name given to former slaves |
| Bureau | A gov. department |
| premonition | a feeling that something is going to happen |
| Assassinate | to kill in a sneak-attack- usually someone influential |
| conspiracy | a secret plan by a group to do something harmful or unlawful |
| Lenient | overly forgiving |
| Amnesty | to pardon a large group of people |
| pardon | to officially forgive of a crime |
| black codes | southern laws designed to control the freedmen |
| Sharecroppers | a farmer allowed to work someone elses land for a share/portion of the crop |
| Impeach | to charge a public official of a crime while holding office |
| Reconstruction Acts of 1867 | laws passed by Congress to disband the state governments in the South and put them into military districts |
| Fourteenth Amendment | Gave the freedmen citizenship |
| Fifteenth Amendment | guarantees the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or color |
| carpet baggers | Northerners who went South during Radical Reconstruction to profit |
| scalawags | southerns who supported the radical reconstruction |
| lynching | to kill in public without going through the law |
| compromise | when an agreement is reached between two sides |
| Literacy | ability to read and write |
| jim crow | Laws established segregation in the south |
| segregation | the separation of people based on differences |
| Reconstruction | the rebuilding of a nation after war |
| What does reconstruction mean in this unit | the rebuilding of the nation after war |
| what did the thirteenth amendment do? | slavery becomes illegal in the U.S |
| What federal holiday commemorates the day the slaves were freed? | Juneteenth |
| what were the three issues the south faced during reconstruction | Reintroduction of former Confederate States back into the U.S. Rebuilding the damage in the South. Handling the freedmen |
| What organization was established to help the freedman | freedmen’s bureau |
| Who are some famous individuals who have been assassinated | Charlie Kirk, JFK, John Lennon |
| Who assassinated Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth |
| What is unique about Lincoln’s assassination compared to other presidents who have been killed | It was the only proved conspiracy involving the killing of a president in U.S history |
| Who became president when Lincoln died (Lincoln’s VP) | Andrew Johnson |
| What were Black Codes? | Southern Laws used to control the freedmen |
| Give some examples of Black Codes | Only have farm jobs, can not own a fire arm, can not go to school, can not sit on juries |
| Why did many freedmen sharecroppers find themselves in a cycle of poverty after they were freed | always in debt to landowners |
| What Congressman led the “Radical” Republicans | Thaddeus Stevens |
| ) What were the two goals of the Radical Republicans while dealing with Johnson’s Plan? | Gives them the right to vote and prevent former confederates from control of southern politics |
| What other presidents besides Johnson have been impeached | trump, bill clinton |
| What did the Reconstruction Acts do | Disband the states gov in the south and put them in military districts |
| Who was put in charge of the Southern Districts | Union generals |
| What was the Fourteenth Amendment | Gave freedmen citizenship |
| What war hero was elected President after Andrew Johnson finished his term of office | Ulysses S. Grant |
| What was Ulysses S. Grant’s greatest accomplishment as president | Adding 15th amendment into law |
| What did the Fifteenth Amendment about voting | voting rights cannot be denied over race or color |
| Why did white Southerners hate scalawags so much | they were seen as traitors to their race |
| What white organization used terror during Reconstruction to bring back the Southern way of life | Ku Klux Klan or KKK |
| What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan | To stop freedmen and their allies from voting republican |
| Why did they wear masks | to frighten people and hide their identity’s |
| What were some of the tactics the Klan used against the freedman and Republicans in the South | Terror, threats (Night rides and burning crosses) Beatings, whippings and murder(lynching) |
| Who were the candidates who ran in the election of 1876 | republican-Ruthford B. Hayes Demorcrat-Samual Tilden |
| What Democrat received 51% of the popular votes in the election - but lost | Tilden |
| What did the Democrats get in the Compromise of 1877 | Removal of union soldiers from the south and reconstruction ended |
| hat did “Big” Jim Kennally want as ransom for Lincoln’s body | $200,000 ($ 4 million today) and counterfeiters release |
| What did Republicans get in the Compromise of 1877 | Ruthford B. Hayes becomes president |
| What did Lincoln’s son do to prevent anyone from ever disturbing Lincoln’s body again | Surround the body in 10 ft steel cage and covering coffin in cement |
| What was its original purpose of the secret service | 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 Property ownership Poll tax |
| What segregation laws did the Southern Democrats put into place when they regained control of the southern states after Reconstruction | Jim Crow laws |
| What Supreme Court case upheld (said they were constitutional) Jim Crow segregation laws in the South | Plessey V. Ferguson |
| What phrase (used by the U.S Supreme Court) allowed segregation laws to be passed (legal) in the Sout | Separate but equal |
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