Reconstruction Flashcards
Black Codes
limiting the rights of freedmen
limiting the rights of freedmen
Black codes
The president after Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
The president after Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
15th Amendment
Guarantees all male citizens the right to vote
What did the Freedman’s Bureau do?
Provide food, water, and education to former slaves
What is sharecropping?
Families rent land from farmers and give the farmer 50% of the crops
What is the group KKK?
A terrorist group meant to terrorized freedman and freedman supporters.
Scalawag
people in the south who helped republicans were considered traitors
The house of representatives voted for an impeachment of which president
Andrew Johnson
Carpetbagger
Norther’s who took advantage of the south
What act restored the southerners ability to vote
Amnesty Act
Who was running for president after Ulysses S. Grant
Samuel Tilden and Rutherford Hayes
Who won the popularity votes? (Hayes or Tilden)
Tilden
Who won the college votes (Hayes or Tilden)
Hayes
Who won the election? (Hayes or Tilden)
Hayes
Jim Crow Laws
laws dealing with segregation
What happens when radical reconstruction ends?
The south passes the black codes and the Jim crow laws to segregate and create poverty
