Reconstruction

This period of time was after the Civil War that was meant to reunite the North and the South. It lasted from 1865- 1877.

• American Revolution

• Reconstruction

• Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

Many soldiers came home and needed work. The many factories were no longer needed.

• Northern problem

• Southern problem

Confederate money was worthless and much of the land was destroyed after the war. Many freed slaves now had nowhere to go and no work.

• Northern problem

• Southern problem

Which amendment ended slavery?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment said that if you were born here, you had equal protection of the laws. No state could deprive them of life, liberty, or property.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment gave ALL men (including freed slaves) the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

This was a government agency that helped freed slaves as well as poor white farmers. This agency gave them food, clothing, health care, helped them find work, as well as an education.

• Freedman's Bureau

• Jim Crow Laws

• Segregation

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

Freed slaves and poor white formers continued working on large plantations. They rented the land and equipment from the plantation owner and never made much of a profit, if any. What was this called?

• Slavery

• Jim Crow Laws

• Sharecropping

• Segregation

What were southerners that wanted to forget the war and just rebuild the south called?

• carpetbaggers

• scalawags

• plantation owners

• slaves

What were northerners that came to the South, usually bringing their belongings in a carpetbag, and were hoping to get rich off the South take many of the South’s jobs called?

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• slaves

• plantation owners