Unit 10--Reconstruction Flashcards
What did the South do during the Reconstruction?
The souht had to make 5 military because they were in financial ruins
What did Radical Republicans do to the South?
After Lincoln died, they took over and punished south for leaving
What limited the new freedmen?
Black codes
What did the Freedmen Bureau do for newly freedmen?
It helps them with
.education
.clothing/food
.jobs
What was the amendment that abolished slavery?
The 13 amendemnt
What was the 14 amendment?
This granted citizenship to African Americands
What amendment granted the right to vote?
The 15 amendemnt
Who was the first African American U.S senator?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
What was Sharecropping?
This was a farming systems that former slaves and poor whites wee in a debt cycle
What did the Transcontinental Railroads do for the Civil War?
Encourage settlemnt to the west for:
.new markets
.prices decrease