reconstruction

Question 1

freedman def.

Answer 1

african americans who were free

Question 2

carpetbagger def.

Answer 2

northerners who moved south during reconstruction after the civil war

Question 3

black codes def.

Answer 3

laws passed by southerners so freedman could not own their own land

Question 4

radical republicans def.

Answer 4

a group of republican congress man who wanted to provide rights to african americans

Question 5

impeavh def.

Answer 5

to vote someone out of the court of law

Question 6

who was impeached and why

Answer 6

president johnson, he tried to remove edwin stanton from office

Question 7

kkk def.

Answer 7

a group of southerners from tennessee who opposed civil rights for african americans

Question 8

jim crow laws def.

Answer 8

laws in southern states that enforced racial segregation

Question 9

poll tax def.

Answer 9

a tax black people had to vote in order to vote

Question 10

literacy test def.

Answer 10

a test black people had to take before they could vote

Question 11

grandfather clause def.

Answer 11

could not vote unless your grandfather voted

Question 12

what was plessy vs. ferguson

Answer 12

plessy refused to move from his seat, went to court, lost, plessys 14th amendment was violated

Question 13

13th amendment

Answer 13

abolishes slavery forever

Question 14

14th amendment

Answer 14

makes african americans offical citizens

Question 15

15th amendment

Answer 15

african american suffrage- right to vote-men only

Question 16

what did the freedmans bureau provide

Answer 16

education

Question 17

share cropping def.

Answer 17

a system where the landlord allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of crop

Question 18

why was the election of 1876 important

Answer 18

It seperated north and south into groups of democrat and republican (democrat-tilden-south) (republicans-hayes-north)

Question 18

results of reconstruction

Answer 18

three amendmants were passed, all men could vote, slavery was abolished

Question 19

reconstruction successes

Answer 19

usa became a unified nation, mo slavery, suffrage

Question 20

reconstruction failures

Answer 20

discrimmination against blacks, right to vote as prevented by whites

Question 21

did the freedman really gain freedom awith reconstruction

Answer 21

no