WorksheetsModule 19 Reconstruction
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Worksheet time: 36mins
Compromise of 1877
Agreement made after the president election of 1876 that allowed Hayes to become president as long as federal troops were removed from the South, ended Reconstruction.
Compromise that would allow the Confederacy to keep some enslaved people as long as they rejoined the Union.
abolished slavery in the United States.
Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
14th amendment
Abolished slavery in the United States.
Protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.
Gave citizenship to all persons born or "naturalized" in the United States and provides those citizens equal protection under U.S laws.
Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
13th Amendment
Protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.
Abolished slavery in the United States.
Gave citizenship to all persons born or "naturalized" in the United States and provides those citizens equal protection under U.S laws.
Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th amendment
Gave citizenship to all persons born or "naturalized" in the United States and provides those citizens equal protection under U.S laws.
Protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.
Abolished slavery in the United States.
Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Freedmen's Bureau
Organization established in 1865 by Congress to help
former black enslaved people and poor whites in the South.
Bureau that former enslaved people had to register with to obtain their freedom.
Organization that promoted the abolition of slavery.
Organization that was established to help in rebuilding and reconstructing the Union post Civil War.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Organization established in 1865 by Congress to help former black enslaved people and poor whites in the South
A secret society started by a group of Confederate Veterans
that became an unofficial military force focused on reversing the federal government’s progressive Reconstruction Era-activities
A groups of abolitionists that worked hard to promote the anti-slavery cause throughout the United States.
People that describe themselves as not extreme or excessive in their political views
Radical Republicans
Group of representatives that were very extreme with their views and believed the government should be tougher on the South for leaving the Union.
People that describe themselves as NOT excessive or extreme in their political beliefs.
A northerner who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era to take advantage of the unsettled conditions (to make money).
Southerners that wanted the northerners to leave the South and allow the southern states to rule themselves.
Moderates
A groups of abolitionists that worked hard to promote the anti-slavery cause throughout the United States.
People that describe themselves as not extreme or excessive in their political views
Southerners that wanted the northerners to leave the South and allow the southern states to rule themselves.
A group of railroad workers that aided in the reconstruction of railroads across the North and South.
Carpetbagger
A term used to describe a wealthy elite who provided poor folks in the south with money during the Reconstruction era.
A person who traveled around the North and South selling carpet to the wealthy elites to turn a profit.
A northerner who moved to the south during the Reconstruction era to try to take advantage of the unsettled conditions
A term given to former enslaved people who were now eligible citizens of the United States.
Black Codes
Union reconstruction plans
The spine-tingling battle cry that Confederate troops became known for.
Honor codes amongst confederate soldiers
aka Jim Crow Laws, were passed with the intent of restricting African American rights and freedoms.
Sharecropping
When a farmer that rents land has to give part of his crops to landowner as rent payment.
Shared responsibility of the crops on a farm.
Term used for taking care of your crops.
A strong defensive position.
10 Percent Plan
Agreement made after the president election of 1876 that allowed Hayes to become president as long as federal troops were removed from the South, ended Reconstruction.
Lincoln's plan for reconstruction- when 10% of voters in the South took an oath of loyalty to the Union they could form a government and rejoin the Union.
Compromise that would allow the Confederacy to keep some enslaved persons as long as they rejoined the Union.
Jefferson Davis' plan for reconstruction- when 10% of voters in the South took an oath of loyalty to the Union they could form a government and rejoin the Union.
Freedmen
A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
An emancipated slave.
A white Southerner who worked with northern Republicans during Reconstructions, usually for personal profit. Used as an insult by Southern Democrats.
To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation
Civil Rights
Representing or supporting an extreme or progressive portion of a political party.
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
The ability to read and write.
The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.
Segregation
The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.
The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.
To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation.
an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
Suffrage
The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.
The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.
The right to vote in political elections.
an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was OK and legal?
Redskins vs Cowboys
Aylor vs Byrd
Brown vs Board of Education
Plessy vs Ferguson
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments are a part of the _______.
Civil Rights Act
Civil War Act
Freemen Act
Anti-slavery Act
Which era focused on rebuilding America?
Civil War
Early Statehood
Reconstruction
Texas Revolution
__________________________ means to formally leave the United States.
Segregate
Sectionalism
Secede
Separate
A federal law that outlawed Black Codes
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1865
Civil Rights Act of 1867
Civil Rights Act of 1868
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?
Fredonia
Confederate States of America
Southern States of America
Articles of Secession
Who was the Republican candidate for president in 1860?
John Bell
Stephen Douglass
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Which of the following was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?
Rebuild the South
Help and protect newly freed slaves
Punish former Confederate leaders
Bring the former Confederate states back into the Union
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 provided civil rights for African Americans and
Native Americans.
was followed by the South without any issues.
was enforced by Northern troops.
gave them free land in the West.
Which court case established "separate but equal"?
The Dred Scott Decision
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Georgia vs. Stanton
Mississippi vs. Johnson
Who became President immediately after Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
When Reconstruction ended
Abraham Lincoln was President.
African Americans in the South were treated fairly, as equals to whites.
Andrew Johnson was President.
African Americans lost many of the rights they had recently gained because there were no federal troops to protect them.
Which Constitutional Amendment ensures that all citizens have the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Which of the following statements about the three Reconstruction Plans are correct?
Johnson's plan passed a series of laws known as the Reconstruction Acts.
The Reconstruction Acts basically divided the South into 5 military districts with the military commander of the district given complete authority.
Lincoln's plan was known as the 10 % plan.
Johnson's plan was also lenient towards the southern states.
The Congressional Plan, or Radical Republican Plan, was meant to aid newly freed slaves,(known as freedmen) and to punish the south.
After the Civil War, slaves were suddenly given their freedom and were called the freedman. What was life like for these freedmen during Reconstruction?
The Freedmen's Bureau was established which helped establish a system of wage labor.
Freed slaves had little to no money or clothing and became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.
Groups like the KKK worked to improve the economic conditions of the freed slaves.
Job Opportunities were limited as they had no education and could not read or write as a result of slave codes.
Most freed slaves were given their own land
Which man can best be described as having a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all?
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses D. Grant
In which geographic region did reconstruction take place?
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
Midwest
In which geographic region did many freedmen settle during and after reconstruction?
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
Harvard graduate who co-founded the NAACP
Frederick Douglass
Booker T Washington
WEB Dubois
Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, President Lincoln was assassinated by _______________, a Southern sympathizer.
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Mark David Chapman
Lewis Powell
