Reconstruction Era Flashcards HUS

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Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

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Wanted to reunify country quickly, also known as 10% Plan, no guaranteed rights for new freed slaves.

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Freedman's Bureau

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Set up to help freedmen and white refugees after Civil War. Provided food, clothing, medical care, and education. First to establish schools for blacks to learn to read. Lasted from 1865-72. Attacked by KKK and other southerners as 'carpetbaggers.' Encouraged former plantation owners to rebuild their plantations, urged freed Blacks to gain employment, kept an eye on contracts between labor and management.

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African American Men

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Saw a huge increase in voting power right after the Civil War and beginning of Reconstruction.

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Thaddeus Stevens

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A Radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South. Leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress. Wanted to take land away from large plantation owners.

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Public Schools in South

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A success of Reconstruction was the introduction of public schools for all.

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13th Amendment (1865)

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Abolishes and prohibits slavery.

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14th Amendment (1868)

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Grants citizenship to 'all persons born or naturalized in the US'; forbids any state to deny any person 'life, liberty or property, without due process of law' or to 'deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws.' It has been the vehicle for the expansion of civil rights, women's rights, gay rights among other movements. Allowed for the 'incorporation doctrine' which means the application of the national Bill of Rights to the states.

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15th Amendment (1870)

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U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed. Introduced the word 'Male' to the Constitution.

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Poll Tax

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A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote.

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Literacy Test

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A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote.