Reconstruction in Georgia

14th amendment

• to allow voting for all

• to abolish slavery

• to give citizenship to former slaves

what did the 15th amendment allow

• males to vote

• women to vote

• under age drinking

• none of the above

The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as  

• A. New South
•  B. Reconstruction
•  C. Atlanta Compromise
• D. Georgia Platform

This group helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling. 

• Sharecropping
• Jim Crow Laws
• Reconstruction
• Freedmen's Bureau 

The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:

• were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
• were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
• were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.
• were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.

Who wanted the north and the south to recoline?

• Radical Republicans
• Abraham Lincoln
• John Breckenridge

Who favored harsher punishment on the Reconstruction plans?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Johnson
• Congress

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.

• Voting Rights
• Bear Arms
• Gave equal protection

What are Black Codes?

• Secret messages sent by former slaves
• wouldn't allow blacks to vote, testify against whites in court or be a juror.
• Live where they want

Why did Georgia expel its black legislators?

• Said Georgia constitution denied black the right to hold political office
• Said since they couldn't read they couldn't hold office
• Said they couldn't hold political office because they wouldn't allow them to hold their own school board.