Terms

Question 1

Reconstruction

Answer 1

The rebuilding of the South and reuniting of the US after the Civil War (1865-1877)

Question 2

Freedmen’s Bureau

Answer 2

Job training, 40 acres of free land, education

Question 3

13th Amendment

Answer 3

Freed slaves

Question 4

14th Amendment

Answer 4

Granted citizenship

Question 5

15th Amendment

Answer 5

Free men could vote

Question 6

Carpetbaggers

Answer 6

looking to profit on Southern misery
-factories
-railroads

Question 7

Black Codes

Answer 7

restrict the lives of freed slaves

Question 8

Sharecroppers

Answer 8

Landowner provides tools, land. works land

Question 9

KKK

Answer 9

Terrorize blacks, stop them from voting, and preserve white supermacy

Question 10

10% plan

Answer 10

A state can return to the US if 10% of voters swear loyalty to the US- very lenient

Question 11

Literacy test

Answer 11

test to see if you could read or write

Question 11

Poll tax

Answer 11

fee to pay to vote if you couldn’t read

Question 12

Grandfather clause

Answer 12

exempt from poll tax if your grandfather could vote

Question 13

Tenure of Office Act

Answer 13

the president would need special permission from the senate to fire any cabinet official who worked for president

Question 14

Radical Republicans

Answer 14

-Punish the leaders
-Deny seats in congress and state legislatures
-Deny them the right to vote

Question 15

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 15

1880’s meant to keep blacks and whites seperated
-birth of segregation

Question 16

Segregation

Answer 16

keeping black and whites seperate

Question 17

Impeachment process

Answer 17

The House of Representatives brings charges of impeachment against an official. Then they vote to see if the president is guilty or not guilty. If guilty, then the president is removed from office.

Question 18

Oath of allegiance

Answer 18

Pledging loyalty to the US

Question 19

Military Reconstruction

Answer 19

-divided into five militaries

Question 20

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 20

Created the 10% plan

Question 21

Andrew Johnson

Answer 21

Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln.
-Andrew violated this law by firing his cabinet officials
-Majority of white men must swear loyalty (51%) for state to re-enter
-Former Confederate officials may vote and hold office
-Must ratify 13th amendment banning slavery

Question 22

Rutherford Hayes

Answer 22

-Democrats support Hayes
-End of Reconstruction in South

Question 23

Samuel Tilden

Answer 23

Running against Hayes. Won popular vote but lost election