Reconstruction Saul Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Wealth in SC during Reconstruction | Poor |
Lincoln's 10% Plan | Former Confederate states would be allowed back into the Union when 10% of the voters took the oath of allegiance |
Congress' View on President Lincoln's and President Johnson's Reconstruction Plans | Congress thought their plans were too lenient (not strict enough) |
Purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau | Provide food, shelter, and education for newly freed slaves |
Attempt to impeach/convict President Johnson | Impeached for firing Sec of War. Conviction failed by 1 vote in the Senate |
Sharecropping | a worker lived and worked on the land but had to provide a certain amount of crops to the owner of the land |
Jobs that many newly freedmen took during Reconstruction | sharecropping |
Most strict Reconstruction plan | Congressional |
Plan that took over Reconstruction | Congressional |
Reconstruction Amendments | 13, 14, and 15 Amendments |
13th Amendment | Abolishes slavery |
14th Amendment | Citizenship to former slaves |
15th Amendment | All male citizens are allowed to vote |
Carpetbagger | Northerner who comes to the south and holds office as a Republican |
Scalawag | White southerner who supports the Republican Reconstruction |
Ends Reconstruction | President Hayes withdraws Federal troops |
Compromise of 1877 | In order to win the Presidency, President Hayes tells SC he will withdraw federal troops |
Black Codes | Laws the restricted African Americans |
Constitution of 1868 | Ratifies the 14th and 15th Amendment in SC and is when African American politics starts to rule SC |
Wade Hampton | Wins the governor election of 1876 |
Redeemers or Red Shirts | Democrats that supported Wade Hampton, used violence and intimidation to sway voters |
Crop Lien System | Loan given to people who did not have to enough crops to give their land owner while sharecropping. Had to pay more of their crops the following season |
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