Question | Answer |
What are the 2 types of reconstruction? What are their names? What did each do, and how long did they last? | -- Presidential/Moderate - 1865-1867, the reconstruction plan that would bring Southern states into the Union as quickly and easy as possible. -- Radical/Congressional/Military - 1867-1877, the reconstruction that wanted to punish the South, troopsincitys |
What 3 amendments were passed, and what did each attempt to do? RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS | 13th - abolish slavery 14th - citizenship equality, 15th - male suffrage |
Radical | One who holds extremist views or wants drastic changes. |
White League | An organization established in 1874 by the Redeemer-Democrats to restore political power to the prewar white Democrats. |
Fraud | Deliberate deception for unfair or unlawful gain |
Anarchy | An absence of government or a state of lawlessness |
Scalawag | A southerner who supported the Republican party during Reconstruction (useless cow) |
Credit | The ability to buy something now and pay for it later |
Unionist | A person who supported the Union during the ENTIRE civil war period |
Knights of the White Camellia | A secret group during Reconstruction in LA that threatened or used violence to keep freedmen from exercising newfound rights (especially voting) |
Contract | A formal written agreement |
Freedmen's Bureau | A short-lived government agency established in 1865 to provide food, shelter, education, health care, and employment to former slaves in the south. "40 acres and a mule" |
Black Codes | A series of laws passed by the legislature after the Civil War that restricted freedmen's action + movements, and it required the freedmen sign 1 year labor contracts. |
Sharecropping | An agricultural system where landowner provided land and tools, laborers in turn got a part of the profit at the end of the year. Usually leads into economic slavery due to debts. |
Freedmen | Former slaves |
Carpetbaggers | A northerner who moved south during reconstruction, usually to take advantage of economic trouble to gain financially. |
Reconstruction | The steps taken to restore the southern states to the Union and the rebel the south after the Civil War. |
Radical Republicans vs. Redeemer Democrats | RR - punish the south RD - redeem power in south |
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) | A group to intimidate freedmen (like WL and KWC) |
Why was Sharecropping "economic slavery" | B/c freedmen had to ''pay" for extra costs with more labor, or even their homes. If a sharecropper was in enough debt, he or she could be kept on the land for many extra years with no pay. |
Fact or Opinion: Reconstruction was the stupidest thing since Lincoln. | Opinion |
Fact or Opinion: Reconstruction took place after the Civil War | Fact |
Postwar emotions! Ex: The freedmen felt ___ by the action of the KKK. | Threatened, scared, intimidated, etc. |
Know relations from reconstruction period. Ex: Republican Party and Southerners | MOST Southerners are Democrats and disliked Republicans. |
Unification Movement | The group who's goal was to creat a compromise between black and white political holdings - including black male suffrage. All groups vetoed it - RR b/c they would lose power, RD b/c they didn't want blacks to vote, and F didn't trust the movement. NOLA |
Why were the 5 districts created in 1867? | Because that is when military reconstruction began (P. failed) |
Who occupied the 5 districts? | The U.S. Army |
What was the deal with Tennessee? | Tennessee, although an ex-rebel state, was not placed under US military watch because they ratified the 14th amendments early, therefore escaping the Radical Republican group. |
How many districts were there? | 5 |
Explain the 5 southern districts | States were readmitted to the Union once they passed the 14th amendment, which gave full citizenship to all people born in the United States. |