the right to vote

laws that limited the rights of African Americans and enforced racial segregation

A political party that mainly consisted of former Confederates who opposed Reconstruction efforts that punished the South.

an 1867 federal law that announced southern states would be under U.S. military rule and would have to write new state constitutions, ratify the 14th amendment, and allow African American men to vote

an organization that resisted Reconstruction in the South and committed violence against African Americans

a type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner and pay the owner a portion of their crop harvest as rent

members of the Republican Party who wanted racial equality in the United States during Reconstruction

a compromise that decided the Republican candidate for president would become the next President of the United States, and that the U.S. military would stop enforcing Reconstruction policies in the South.

a federal agency created to assist freedmen in obtaining medical care, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education after the Civil War

a movement/ plan to industrialize the South after the Civil War in order to strengthen the Southern economy

an 1896 court case in which the Supreme Court decided segregation was legal in the United States. Due to this decision, segregation remained legal until 1964

people who have been freed from slavery

a voting law in some states that made men eligible to vote if they or their ancestors (fathers and grandfathers) had been able to vote before 1867

a tax that must be paid in order to vote in an election

a test given that must be passed in order to vote in an election

the period of time from 1865–77 when the U.S. government worked to rebuild the southern states

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that officially gave men of all races the right to vote in 1870

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gives citizenship to all people born in the U.S., and declared that laws should be applied equally and fairly to people of all races

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that officially abolished slavery throughout the United States in 1865

the development of industries in a country or region 

(ex: the tobacco industry, the textile/clothing industry, the oil industry)

Which region of the U.S. needed to be "reconstructed" after the Civil War?

Which of the following best describes why Lincoln's 10% Plan for Reconstruction was replaced by Andrew Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction?

Review the two charts. Which of the following correctly describes a major difference between the two plans?

Why was the Radical Republicans' Plan considered to be more 'radical' than the other three plans for Reconstruction?

Success or failure of the Freedmen's Bureau? Ensure freedmen received equal treatment in courts

Success or failure of the Freedmen's Bureau? Providing compensation (payments) to ALL African American veterans

Success or failure of the Freedmen's Bureau? Increase access to education and literacy for freedmen

Success or failure of the Freedmen's Bureau? Providing land so that most freedmen became landowners.

Success or failure of the Freedmen's Bureau? Providing job opportunities to ALL freedmen

Success or failure of the Freedmen's Bureau? Providing general check-ups and dental hygiene (access to healthcare) to freedmen

Which of the following was a FAILURE of the 13th Amendment?

How did sharecropping negatively impact the lives of those that became sharecroppers under landowners?

Which of the following best describes how the government attempted to enforce the 14th Amendment in the South?

Which of the following was a FAILURE of the 15th amendment?

 How did the 15th Amendment resulted in political/government 

      opportunities for black men?

Who was left out of the 15th Amendment?

How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson impact the rights of Americans in the United States?

True or False: Hate groups like the KKK and White League often used violence and intimidation to limit the rights of African Americans

What allowed southern Democrats to regain control of southern state governments and pass Jim Crow Laws after military troops were removed from the South?

True or False: Southern Democrats agreed to give Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency as a part of the Compromise of 1877 because they wanted the U.S. military to leave the southern states, and Hayes promised to make that happen.