Reconstruction Flashcards
Reconstruction was the process of?
Rebuilding the south.
Some members of Congress rejected Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction because?
They thought it was too generous towards the south.
What did the 13th amendment do?
It banned slavery throughout the nation.
What did the 14th amendment do?
It guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
What did the 15th amendment do?
It forbids any state to deny African Americans the right to vote.
As a result of the election of 1876, Hayes was elected president by agreeing to:
End reconstruction.
What was the decision in Plessy versus Ferguson?
Segregation was legal so long as facilities for blacks and whites were equal. Separate but equal.
What was the KKK?
It was a terrorist organization that’s goal was to keep freed slaves from voting.
What was the Freedman’s bureau?
A bill creating a government agency to help former slaves by providing medical care, housing, schooling, food, and clothing. Congress passed this bill.
To impeach president means that?
To bring formal charges against.
What was sharecropping?
The practice of a former slave or poor white man renting land and equipment and getting seed from a plantation owner, while the plantation owner gets most of their harvest.
What was another name for sharecropping?
The cycle of poverty.
After Reconstruction ended what were the four ways white southerners tried to deny African Americans their rights?
Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and Jim Crow laws.
What was a poll tax?
When you had to pay money before voting.
What was a literacy test?
When you had to read and explain parts of the Constitution to vote.
