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Reconstruction-dbig
Reconstruction-
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| freedom from slavery | emancipation |
| a citizen's rights to vote, assemble, due process, etc. | civil rights |
| an organization that used violence and terror to keep Black people from exercising their civil rights | Ku Klux Klan |
| to officially end something | abolish |
| to charge with a crime | impeach |
| people from the North who came to the South after the Civil War to help or to make money | carpetbaggers |
| a change or addition to the Constitution | amendment |
| officially approve | ratify |
| a term for a Southerner who did not support the Confederacy or who helped the Northerners with Reconstruction | scalawags |
| laws passed in the South right after the Civil War to keep Black people from exercising their civil rights | Black Codes |
| the period after the Civil War when the South was being rebuilt and brought back into the Union | Reconstruction |
| When did the Civil War end? | April 1865 |
| Name the main reasons for the Civil War. | arguments about slavery and states' rights; economic issues |
| Reasons that the North made decisions about Reconstruction: | 1. they won the war 2. the South's economy was ruined 3. freed slaves needed help to start their lives of freedom 4. only Northerners were in the Congress |
| Organization which helped needy people in the South: | Freedmen's Bureau |
| Things the Freedmen's Bureau did to help the poor blacks and whites in the South: | 1. started schools 2. helped in finding jobs 3. provided medical care 4. provided legal advice 5. gave food when necessary |
| What is an eligible voter? | One who is allowed, or qualified, to vote |
| Whose Reconstruction plan would have made the Southern states write a document stating that slavery and secession were illegal? | President Andrew Johnson |
| Whose Reconstruction plan called for 10% of eligible voters in 1860 to pledge a loyalty oath to the United States to be re-admitted to the Union? | President Abraham Lincoln |
| Why didn't many Northerners like Lincoln's or Johnson's plans for Reconstruction? | too easy on the South |
| Name some examples of the Black Codes passed in the South right after the war. | Black people: -could not live in certain towns -could not own land -could not own a gun -had a curfew |
| Another name for Radical Reconstruction: | Congressional Reconstruction |
| Name some laws passed by the Republican Congress which the Southerners did not like: | -gave black men the right to vote -ex-Confederate soldiers could NOT vote -military districts (martial law) in South |
| Who was the leader of the Radical Reconstruction Congress? | Senator Thaddeus Stevens |
| Constitutional Amendment which outlawed slavery: | 13th |
| Constitutional amendment which granted black people citizenship | 14th |
| Constitutional amendment which granted black males the right to vote: | 15th |
| Many of the new black lawmakers were ministers, another word for: | preachers |
| Reasons that the Northern people lost interest in the South's problems: | 1. the economy was bad (money troubles) 2. scandals by politicians and in the government 3. Time: 10 years had passed; not as interested in punishing the South |
| Who won the election of 1876? | Republican--Rutherford B. Hayes |
| When did Reconstruction officially end? | 1877 |
| trouble or gossip caused by immoral or illegal actions | scandal |
| a specific time of night at which people must be off the streets | curfew |
| message on a tombstone | epitaph |
| Which two regions of the United States fought the Civil War? | North and South |
| Which side in the Civil War wanted each state to decide if slavery would be legal or not in that state? | the South |
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