Reconstruction Notes Review

Reconstruction occurred after what historical event?

• American Revolution

• American Civil War

• War of 1812

• World War 1

Which region of the United States was re-entering the Union after the end of the Civil War (HINT: who lost the Civil War?)

• North

• South

• East

• West

What were the black codes?

• Harsh laws to limit rights of freed slaves

• Impactful laws that helped freed slaves

• Language that only freed slaves talked in

• Laws that gave freed slaves the right to vote

What were the Freedman's Bureau?

• Group created by congress to give poor whites support and aid

• Group created by congress to give poor blacks support and aid

• Group created by congress to give poor blacks and whites support and aid

What was a scalawag?

• Northerner who moved to the South to oppose Reconstruction

• Northerner who moved to the South to get rich/more power

• Southerner who supported Reconstruction

• Southerner who did not support Reconstruction

What was a Carpetbagger?

• Northerner who moved to the South to oppose Reconstruction

• Northerner who moved to the South to get rich/more power

• Southerner who supported Reconstruction

• Southerner who did not support Reconstruction

What caused the official end of Reconstruction?

• Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

• Election of 1876

• Rise of the KKK

• Freed slaves asking for removal of troops

What happened to the South after reconstruction ends?

• Southern states made it harder for African-Americans to vote

• Southern states pass Jim Crow laws segregating African-Americans and Whites

• Rise of hate groups like the KKK

• All of the Above

Match the following

• 13th Amendment

• freed slaves

• 14th Amendment

• granted voting rights to all men

• 15th Amendment

• gave citizenship to former slaves

Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

• limit African Americans rights
• expand Confederate rights
• give women voting rights
• jail Carpetbaggers