period of reconstruction/ counter construction Flashcards
what was the period of reconstruction?
(1866-1876) a time where the government/ people of the U.S actually tried to build reparations from slavery
*ex: Freedman’s Bureau
what was the Freedman’s Bureau?
an attempt to assist ex-slaves by providing food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners
what was the counter reconstruction?
a white supremacist political movement in the south. they sought to remove black people from office, voting rights, and other opportunities using threats and violence. the KKK (ku klux klan) was brought up froths movement
what was the president of this time?
Andrew Johnson
what amendment was passed, its purpose and why?
the 14th amendment, equal laws/ makes everyone citizens (repels 3/5 clause)/ states cannot take away individual’s rights, reinvents the past government, the bill was passed to place limits on states’ power as well as protect civil rights.
in what amendment/ when did black men get the right to vote?
15th amendment, 1868-1870
alliance of blacks and poor whites
a common goal was shared to rebuild the states: schools, hospitals, railroads, etc)
white resistance
they see reconstruction as a threat towhead they’ve been told their whole lives
what were the restrictions on black voting?
poll taxes, (rigged) literacy tests, grandfather clause- if grandfather was an eligible voter (aka basically no black men)
*black men couldn’t REALLY vote until 1965
what was lynching? how often did it happen?
a widespread occurrence of (non judicial) tortures/ killings usually for black men on the basis of alleged crimes, once a week for 75 years
“the Lost Cause”
a distorted, southern version of history that spread into children’s classrooms/ textbooks, “Children of the Confederacy”
what was the UDC?
“United Daughters of the Confederacy”- raised funds for confederate memorials in public places, created the “Children of the Confederacy”
“Children of the Confederacy”
basically was an after school club that made Lost Cause history personal. They recited chants, wrote essays, etc. of Confederacy rhetoric
