Reconstruction in Georgia

How were tenant farmers and shareholders different?

• Tenant farmers were typically freedmen, sharecroppers were typically white

• Tenant farmers typically had their own tools/equipment, sharecroppers didn't

• Tenant farmers owned their own plantations, sharecroppers didn't

• Tenant farmers were from the North, sharecroppers from the South

The main goal of the Presidential reconstruction plan was to...

• Punish the former Confederate slaveholders

• Restore the union as quickly as possible

• Get rid of the Ku Klux Klan

• Protect the rights of Freedmen at all costs

Which amendment protected the civil rights of newly freed African-Americans by granting them citizenship?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment had to be ratified to rejoin the Union in the Johnson/Lincoln presidential reconstruction plans?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment protected voting rights for African-American men?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which job were African-Americans forced to do under black codes?

• Plantation owner

• Legislators

• Sharecroppers/farmers

• Train operators

Which Southern group did Andrew Johnson NOT immediately pardon under his presidential plan?

• Confederate generals

• Poor white farmers

• Newly freed African-Americans

• Large plantation owners who owned $20k worth of land

Why were black legislators kicked out of office during Reconstruction?

• They did not know how to make laws

• They U.S. army kicked them out because they were part of the KKK

• They were too poor to afford the cost of being a legislator

• They were told by white democrats that even if they could vote, they couldn't hold office

Which amendment declared that slavery was illegal?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

This was created to provide social support for newly freed African-Americans and poor southerners...

• Ku Klux Klan

• Freedmen's Bureau

• The Presidential Reconstruction plan

• The Georgia General Assembly