The Reconstruction Period (1865-77)

Question 1

When were the ‘Black Codes’ introduced?

Answer 1

1865

Question 2

What were the ‘Black Codes’?

Answer 2

Laws implemented by the Southern States in order to control freed slaves. It restricted AAs rights and allowed those that attacked AAs to go unpunished.

Question 3

When was the Freedmen’s Bureau set up?

Answer 3

1865 but was closed in 1872

Question 4

Who set up the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Answer 4

Congress

Question 5

What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?

Answer 5

1. Provided shelter, food, hospitals and education for AAs

2. Negotiated work contracts between AAs and their former owners

Question 6

When was the 13th Amendment implemented?

Answer 6

1865

Question 7

When was the 14th Amendment implemented?

Answer 7

1866

Question 8

When was the 15th Amendment implemented?

Answer 8

1870

Question 9

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Answer 9

Abolished slavery across America

Question 10

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Answer 10

Gave African Americans citizenship

Question 11

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Answer 11

Gave African Americans the right to vote. This was not enforced properly so Literacy Laws and the Grandfather Law were introduced in Southern states.

Question 12

What was the situation like for African Americans by the 1870s?

Answer 12

1. Sharecropping still existed- whites still controlled AAs
2. Flurry of AA political activity- not seen again until late 1960s
3. Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875 did little as states drew the line at integration