1.2 US History

Carpetbaggers

• Carpetbaggers were Southern loyalists during the Civil War.
• Carpetbaggers were wealthy plantation owners from the North.
• Carpetbaggers were soldiers who fought for the Confederacy.
• Carpetbaggers were opportunistic Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War.

A landowner dictated the crop and provided the worker with a place to live, seeds, and tools in return for a portion of the harvested crops.

(a)  

Match the following terms:

• Combining

• Tenant Farming

• Purchased and used own tools & supplies

• Integration

• Separation of races

• Carpetbaggers

• Northern opportunists wanting a fortune

• Scalawags

• White Southerners not in politics pre CW

• Segregation

Laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote (a)  

• Enforcement Acts
• 15th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• Scalawag

Group created to enforce violence against African Americans:

• Scalawags

• Tenent Farmers

• Carpetbaggers

• Ku Klux Klan

Established by the Federal government to provide education, healthcare and training to Southerners after the war: (a)  

• Freedmen's Bureau
• Enforcement Acts
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• Ku Klux Klan

Best way for newly freed people to ensure that they were not taken advantage of

• Join the Military

• Own Land

• Get an education

• Vote

Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War?

• To enforce segregation laws

• To assist newly freed African Americans with education, jobs, and legal matters

• To support plantation owners

• To provide land to Confederate soldiers

Which group was known for supporting Reconstruction efforts and rights for freedmen in the South?

• Confederate Veterans

• Ku Klux Klan

• Southern Democrats

• Radical Republicans