Reconstruction Vocab

Question 1

• Vice President under Abraham Lincoln
  (became the 17th president after he was assassinated)
• During Reconstruction he wanted harsh punishment for Confederate soldiers and wealthy southern landowners for “bringing the poor whites of the South into the war”

Answer 1

Andrew Johnson

Question 2

• Period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War (lasted from 1865 to 1877)
• Rebuild infrastructure (areas damaged during the war)
• Reform the southern government
• Economic recovery
• Incorporate freedmen into society

Answer 2

Reconstruction

Question 3

• Led by Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts and Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania
• Wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders
• Wanted African Americans to be given full citizenship and the right to vote

Answer 3

Radical Republicans

Question 4

• Helped former slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing and food
• Set up about 40 hospitals, 4,000 schools, 61 industrial institutes, and 74 teacher-training centers

Answer 4

Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 5

• Banned slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States

Answer 5

13th Amendment (1865)

Question 6

• Made all persons born or naturalized in the United States (including former slaves) citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws

Answer 6

14th Amendment (1868)

Question 7

• Prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves

Answer 7

15th Amendment (1870)

Question 8

• Northerner who moved to the South during the Reconstruction Era

Answer 8

Carpetbagger

Question 9

• White southerner who joined the Republican Party after the Civil
  War

Answer 9

Scalawag

Question 10

• The first African American senator
• He would represent Mississippi

Answer 10

Hiram Revels

Question 11

• System in which landowners divided their land and assigned each head of household a few acres, along with seed and tools.
• These people kept a small share of their crops and gave the rest to the landowners.

Answer 11

Sharecropping

Question 12

• Secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in southern states after the Civil War

Answer 12

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Question 13

• A vote against the reconstruction effort and the desire to re-establish an all-white southern government

Answer 13

Democratic Ticket

Question 14

• American military officer and politician who served as 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
• As Commanding General he led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War

Answer 14

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 15

• The argument that black Americans are inferior and unable to serve in government

Answer 15

Negro Question

Question 16

• American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881
• The Compromise of 1877 is believed to have officially ended the Reconstruction effort

Answer 16

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 17

• American politician who served as the 25th governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 presidential election

Answer 17

Samuel J. Tilden

Question 18

• Discriminatory laws passed throughout the South after the Civil War which restricted African Americans
• Prohibited traveling without permits, carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites, and marrying whites

Answer 18

Black Codes