Chapter 16 Flashcards
Reconstruction
Period after the civil war from 1865-1877 when the federal government- in inconsistent policies-n attempted to rebuild the former confederacy, restore national unity, and ensure the rights of recently freed slaves
President who clashed with Congress over plan to read it former confederate states under lenient terms
Andrew Johnson
laws passed by southern states to restrict the rights of freedmen
“black codes”
Reconstruction Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution, which were meant to end slavery and ensure the rights of freedmen
Sharecropping
System where farmers received farmland in exchange for a share of their crop; forced many former slaves into debt
What attempted to restore national unity and ensure the right of freedmen?
Congressional Reconstruction
Congressional reconstruction resulted in what major constitutional amendments? What did they do?
13th- no more slavery
14th- gave citizenship to all freedmen
15th- granted African American men the right to vote
True or False: Congressional Republicans realized they could achieve both national unity and ensure the rights of freedmen.
False. They could not achieve both
True or False: Democrats quickly regained political power in the south.
True.
What did the democrats restrict to freedmen and what methods did they use?
Restricted: economic independence
Method: sharecropping and wrote discriminatory laws that restricted the ability of freedmen to vote
What ended reconstruction? (2)
Contentious election of 1876
Compromise of 1877
National unity was restored but what was not protected?
Black rights
In the 1880s, who controlled the south? Who controlled the most of the north and west?
South: democrats
North and West: republicans
