Reconstruction Era Flashcards

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What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

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To reunite the nation after the Civil War and rebuild the South.

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What was Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan?

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Southern states could rejoin the Union if 10% of voters swore loyalty and slavery was abolished.

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How did Congress (Radical Republicans) want Reconstruction to be different?

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They wanted stricter requirements for the South and more rights for freedmen.

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What did the 13th Amendment do?

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Abolished slavery in the United States (1865).

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What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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Government agency that helped freed slaves and poor whites with food, jobs, and schools.

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Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination?

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Andrew Johnson.

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What were “Black Codes”?

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Southern laws designed to limit African Americans’ freedom after the Civil War.

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What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

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Citizenship and equal protection under the law for all born in the U.S.

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What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?

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African American men gained the right to vote.

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What was sharecropping?

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A farming system where freedmen rented land and paid with a portion of their crops, often leading to debt.