US History - Civil War, Reconstruction, Western Migration

Amendment that abolished slavery in the U.S.

• 14th Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• Emancipation Proclamation

Term used to describe the period after Reconstruction during which race relations were at a low point

• Nadir

• Civil Rights Movement
• Segregation Period
• Jim Crow Era

1. Martial law imposed on the South and each Southern state had to ratify the 14th Amendment before it could be readmitted to the Union

• Only some states had to ratify the 14th Amendment
• Partially true
• False
• True

An impact the Radical Republicans had on the Reconstruction Era

• Opposing civil rights for freed slaves and advocating for lenient punishments for the Southern states
• Supporting the Southern states in their efforts to maintain slavery
• Advocating for the rights of Southern states to secede from the Union
• Advocating for civil rights for freed slaves and pushing for harsher punishments for the Southern states

A derogatory term given by Southern newspapers to Northerners who came South to make money off Reconstruction

• carpetbaggers
• opportunists
• intruders
• yankees

1. Laws that established racial segregation in the South

• Jim Crow laws
• Segregation laws
• Racial separation acts
• Southern racial laws

Radical Republicans in Congress held this view toward the Southern states

• They believed the Southern states should be punished and undergo a complete transformation.
• They believed the Southern states should be forgiven and allowed to rejoin the Union without punishment.
• They believed the Southern states should be ignored and left to govern themselves without interference.
• They believed the Southern states should be given more autonomy and control over their own affairs.

A name given to Southerners who supported Reconstruction

• Confederates
• Yankees
• Rebels
• Scalawags

The Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson ruled in favor of

• equality
• desegregation
• segregation
• integration

A positive long-term impact of Radical Reconstruction on the South

• Dismantling of public education systems
• Establishment of public education systems and expansion of civil rights for African Americans
• Enforcement of strict segregation laws
• Reduction of voting rights for African Americans