Reconstruction in Georgia

What happened to the states that did not ratify the 14th amendment

• they were fined 1 million dollars

• they were put under military control

• governors were executed

• states lost their vote in congress

what was the name for laws that specifically targeted freedmen?

• freedman laws

• freedmans bureau

• black codes

• civil rights act of 1865

why were black politicians removed from office in 1868

• they could not hold offie because they were not legal citizens

• politicians argued it was unconstitutional

• they were voted in by illegal votes from freedmen

• they did not win the respected popular vote

what was one purpose of the poll tax?

• raise funds for candidates

• collect money for welfare programs

• keep poor whites and blacks from voting

• pay for the people who work at the polling place

the kkk was a terrorist organization whose main goal was what?

• voter intimidation

• abolishing the 14th amendment

• defeating superman

• promote desegregation

who was the first black congressman in the state of georgia?

• dred scott

• booker t washington

• henry mcneal turner

• w.e.b dubois

what could freedmen do under the black codes?

• work

• testify against a white person

• own land

• marry a white person

• serve on a jury

how many years did reconstruction last in the south?

• 21 years

• 40 years

• 3 years

• 12 years

under johnson's plan, what amendment did the southern states have to ratify?

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

what did citizens have to renounce in lincoln's reconstruction plan?

• confederate debt

• secession

• tax cuts

• slavery

• states' rights