unit 5 reconstruction ush Flashcards
what is the 13th amendment
an amendment passed in 1865 that abolished slavery
what is the south’s response to the 13th amendment
angry, nervous, frustrated, fearful
what is the 14th amendment
everyone born in the US is a US citizen, and has protection of the law, passed in 1868. No states can make laws that deny rights of citizens.
what was the south’s response to the 14th amendment
angry, nervous, fearful
what is the 15th amendment
Black men (not women) can vote
What was the south’s response to the 15th amendment
angry, fearful
How to remember the 13th, 14th, 15th amendment
Free (13) Citizens (14) Vote (15)
What was the freedman’s bureau
Bureau made to protect black people, and their rights
what did the freedman’s bureau do
Help black people find jobs, food, medical care, schools, legalizing marriage and reunited families.
Who made the freedman bureau
Abraham Lincoln in 1865
Why was the freedman bureau not good
-white ppl opposed and harassed other white ppl who tried to help
-johnson cut funding
-ended in 1872, 7 years after being formed
what was a upside of the freedman bureau
it helped a lot of black people transition into a life of freedom
what things did the freedman bureau do?
legalize marriage, make schools, help find jobs, food, housing, medical care and reunited families.
what is share cropping
when landowners divided land to a-americans or poor whites and when they harvested, they took half the crops as rent. it was more beneficial to land owners then slaves bc they usually never got to the point where they could buy their own land.
what is a scalawag
white southerner who joined the Republican party, and wanted the south to industrialize fast
what is a carpetbagger
northerners who moved to the south after the war with mixed motives, such as helping former slaves, or former union soldiers who wanted to buy land to start new industries. others were adventurers who exploited southern turmoil for profit
What was lincoln’s 10% plan’s position toward south
lenient policy, said that the southern states never left the union, believed individuals rebelled, not the whole state.
what was lincoln’s 10% plan description
pardon call confederates who swore an oath of allegiance to the US excluding high ranking officials
once 10% of ppl do this, the state rejoins
form new state govt’s