1-Reconstruction-Rebuilding the U.S. Flashcards
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Reconstruction
rebuilding of the south, and reuniting of the US after the civil war
13th amendment
ended slavery
14th amendment
makes freedmen citizens
15th amendment
free men could vote
sharecroppers
landowners provide tools and land. they work land
10% plan
a state can return to the US if 10% of voters swear loyalty to the US
KKK
Former confederate soldiers who terrorized freed slaves and tried to stop them from voting and their new rights
Poll tax
fee to pay to vote if you couldn’t read
literacy test
tests to see if you could read or write
grandfather clause
exempt from poll tax if your grandfather could vote
radical republicans
Punish the leaders. Denied them the right to vote
election of 1876
Democrats support Hayes. End of reconstruction in South
segregation/ jim crow laws
1880’s meant to keep blacks and whites separate.
Jim Crow Laws was the birth of segregation
plessy v. ferguson
military reconstruction
divided into five militaries
abraham lincoln
Created the 10% plan
andrew johnson
favored leniency towards the South