reconstruction

Question 1

Amnesty

Answer 1

government pardon for wrongdoings.

Question 2

Radical Republicans

Answer 2

members of congress who wanted extreme change after the Civil War.

Question 3

Freedmen

Answer 3

former slaves

Question 4

Black Codes

Answer 4

laws in the south that were meant to control freedmen.

Question 5

Impeachment

Answer 5

a process of bringing formal charges against a public official.

Question 6

Scalawags

Answer 6

white southerners who supported the union.

Question 7

Carpetbaggers

Answer 7

whites from the north who travelled south after the war.

Question 8

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 8

secret society made up of former confederates who terrorized the freedmen in the south.

Question 9

Sharecropping

Answer 9

system in the south that seems to replace slavery by having a person rent land from a landowner in exchange for a percentage of the value of the crop that person farms.

Question 10

Ten Percent Plan

Answer 10

Lincoln’s plan that required 10% of a state’s voters to swear loyalty to the U.S.

Question 11

Freedman’s Bureau

Answer 11

provided emergency relief, education, help finding work, help settling disputes, etc.

Question 12

Johnson’s Plan

Answer 12

states had to ratify the 13th amendment, amnesty was given to former confederates, and southern states were allowed to elect representatives to U.S. house.

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

abolished slavery in the U.S.

Question 14

14th Amendment

Answer 14

defined citizenship as someone born in the U.S. and established that all citizens are equally protected under laws of the U.S.

Question 15

15th Amendment

Answer 15

gave voting rights to African American males.

Question 16

Radical Reconstruction

Answer 16

a plan that divided the south into 5 military districts, worked to give rights to freedmen, and took away power from former confederates.