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| Question | Answer |
| What was the most important task of the Reconstruction period? | rebuilding the South |
| What year did the Civil War end? | 1865 |
| What was the period called when the south was being rebuilt? | Reconstruction |
| Describe the condition of the South at the end of the Civil War | It was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt |
| What did the 13th ammendment do? | It abolished slavery (which means it got rid of it) |
| What was the name of the plan that President Lincoln created to reunite the South as quickly as possible? | The Reconstruction Plan |
| Who was president when the Civil War ended? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What 2 things did each state have to do to rejoin the Union after the War? | 1) Take an oath to the Constitution 2) take an oath to the Union |
| Describe the schools and colleges for the African Americans in the South during this time. | The schools for African Americans were seperate from the schools for the rest of the people |
| Name the government program that provided food, clothing, shelter, medical care, jobs, and legal help to both African Americans and Whites | The Freedman's Bureau |
| The Freedman's Bureau set up 4,000 schools for who? | newly freed people |
| How did Abrahm Lincoln die? | He was assassinated |
| Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated? | President Andrew Johnson |
| What did President Johnson do that showed that he disliked the South? | He supported the Union |
| What did President Johnson do to show that he did like the South? | He allowed former Confederate leaders to serve in Congress |
| Did President Johnson take action against the Black Codes? | No |
| What is it called when a public official (like a president or mayor) is charged with a crime? | Impeachment |
| What President was almost (but not quite enough votes) impeached? | President Johnson |
| What were the laws called that were passed by Southern states that limited the freedoms and rights of African Americans? | The Black Codes |
| What were three of the rights that were not allowed to African Americans because of the BlackCodes? | 1) they could not own guns 2) they could not hold a public meeting 3) they were not allowed to rent properties in cities |
| Name 3 important things that the Reconstruction Act of 1867 made happen | 1) divided the South into 5 districts 2) The districts would all be controlled by the US Army until a new governement was formed 3) Each state had to write a new constitution |
| What 2 things did the 14th ammendment do? | 1) African Americans became citizens of the US 2) it guaranteed African AMericans the same legal rights as whites |
| What did the 15th Ammendment do? | made it illegal for states to deny a man's right to vote |
| Give a brief phrase describing what the 13th, 14th, & 15th ammendment did | 13th - abolished slavery 14th - gave African Americans rights 15th - allowed all men to vote |
| What are 2 of the laws that were passed in the South to keep black people from voting? | 1) the poll tax required former slves to pay a tax to vote (but they had no $!) 2) Grandfather caluse meant that a person could only vote if their grandfather had voted (which could not have happened) |
| What is it called when people rent land from someone so that they can have a share (part) of the crop grown there? | Sharecropping |
| Did sharecropping happen a lot in the South during Reconstruction? | Yes |
| Were most southern farmers wealthy (rich) or poor during Reconstruction? | poor (lots of debt) |
| During Reconstruction, was the price of cotton high or low? | low |
| Many Northerners moved to the South during reconstruction to do what? | start businesses |
| Northerners who moved to the South and helped fight for Afican American Rights were called __________ | Carpetbaggers |
| Southerners believed that the Northern people who moved down south were taking advantage of the _____________ of the South | suffering |
| During Reconstruction were any African Americans elected to state office or Congress? | Yes! 600 to state and 16 to congress |
| Did most Southern white people accept the African Americans as equals? | No |
| What was name of the secret society created by former Confederate Officers to terrorize African Americans? | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) |
| What methods did the Ku Klux Klan use to frighten blacks and keep them from voting? | 1) violence 2) intimidation |
| What clothing did the KKK wear? and what did they do to property and Blacks? | clothing - white robes and hoods (to hide their real identities) property - they destroyed it to blacks - they murdered some |
| Give at least 3 things in the 1880's that blacks and whites had to use seperately | schools restaurants railroad cars hotels parks |
| What do you call the separation of people based on their race (color of skin)? | segregation |
| What laws were passed that forced segregation and made it legal to segregate based on race? | Jim Crow Laws |
| The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy vs. Ferguson that segregation was __________ as long as it was _____________but _________ | legal seperate but equal |
| After Plessy vs. Ferguson was passed were services for blacks and whites equal? | No |
| Did African Americans experience discriminatioin in both the South and the North? | yes |
| After the 13th, 14th, and 15th ammendments were passed, did the African Americans gain many rights? | No |
| In the Presidential election of 1876, who won? a) Democrat Samuel Tilden b) Republican Rutherford Hayes | Republican Rutherford Hayes |
| What did Hayes promise to do if he were elected President? Was he able to do that? | end Reconstruction Yes |
| When President Hayes ended Reconstruction, he quickly did what? | Ordered the Union Troops to leave the South |
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