Reconstruction Era Flashcard - Mr. Z

Front

A period of time when the U.S. was rebuilding after the Civil War?

Back

Reconstruction

Front

Which Reconstruction plan required 10% of state voters to pledge loyalty?

Back

Lincoln's Plan

Front

What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

Back

the Freedmen's Bureau

Front

What was the purpose of the 14th amendment?

Back

Grant citizenship to all people born in the United States.

Front

What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?

Back

15th

Front

Sharecroppers

Back

A system of farm work that led to a life of debt and poverty.

Front

What limited the physical and economic freedoms of African Americans immediately after the Civil War?

Back

Black Codes

Front

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Back

banned slavery

Front

What were Jim Crow Laws?

Back

Laws enforcing racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.

Answer explanation

Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans in the Southern United States. These laws were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Southern Democrat-dominated state legislatures to marginalize African Americans and deny them the right to vote and hold jobs.

Front

What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction?

Back

the Ku Klux Klan