Reconstruction review

What were the causes of the civil war?

• Gap between the rich and the poor

• Sectionalism, Slavery & State's rights

• assassination of Abraham Lincoln

• I do not know

Who were the freedmen?

• Politicians

• Landowners from the south

• Former slaves from the south

• Military soldiers

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Secret service that intimidated blacks

• Members of the KKK

• Company that forced former slaves back inot slavery

• Agency that helped freedmen adjust to their new life

What were black codes?

• Secret messages that slaves used to communicate

• Laws that gave freedoms to slaves

• Laws instituted by southern state government that severely limited rights of blacks.

• Plantations where slaves lived

President's plan for reconstruction- was lenient on south. Required 10% of southern voters from each state to swear allegiance to the union

• Lincoln's 10% plan

• President Johnsons Reconstruction Plan

• Radical Republicans plan

Who supported the freedmen?

• Radical republicans

• Southern democrats

• Green party

• Silver party

13th amendment

• Gave freedmen equal rights

• Gave freedmen right to vote

• Abolish slavery

• Gave women the right to work

14th amendment

• Abolished slavery

• Separate but equal

• Gave freedmen the right to vote

• Gave citizens born in US equal protection under the law and stated they were citizens.

15th amendment

• Abolished slavery

• Gave freedmen the right to vote

• Stated all people born in US are natural born citzens

• Gave women the right to vote

What was the decision in the Supreme Court Case of Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Segregation was legal as long as facilities were separate but equal.

• Segregation was illegal and you cannot separate people based off of race