Chapter 15: Reconstruction

Question 1

Reconstruction

Answer 1

1865-1877 when union was restored after civil war, changes made to constitution, and relations between races traformed

Question 2

freemans bureau

Answer 2

• agency established in 1865 to aid former slaves transition to freedom
• helped freed slaves find work
• established school for freed slaves
• dealt with housing issues

Question 3

sharecropping

Answer 3

• system for renting farmland, farmers share crops rather then cash
• landlords provide tools, fertilizer, and seeds

Question 4

post civil war black codes

Answer 4

• laws passed by the south after the civil war that restricted freed slaves, defined their status as subordinate to whites
• freed slaves were limited to:
  - agricultural use
  - not permitted to hold land

Question 5

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 5

• secret organization created in south after war to restore white supremacy
• members called ghouls
• cyclops, night-hawks, grand dragons were names of the leaders

Question 6

13th amendment

Answer 6

• slavery illegal in union states

- congress can enforce the article

Question 7

14th amendment part 1

Answer 7

• people born in US obtain a US citizenship

- no state shall enforce a law that deprives someone of life, liberty or property

Question 8

14th amendment part 2

Answer 8

• representatives based on population of state

Question 9

14th amendment part 3

Answer 9

• no person that fought against the government or helped the enemy shall not be able to serve in the US gov unless overruled by a 2/3 vote in congress

Question 10

14th amendment part 4

Answer 10

no state or organization that aided the rebellion shall not be given any aid

Question 11

15th amendment

Answer 11

all persons shall be aloud to vote

Question 12

role of federal troops during reconstruction

Answer 12

• occupied 11 southern states and administered reconstruction of south until 1877
• south= 5 districts, each district had a commander

Question 13

Black reconstruction

Answer 13

period of time when African Americans took and active role in state and national government

Question 14

carpetbagger

Answer 14

northerners who moved to the south after civil war to take part in reconstruction

Question 15

scalawags

Answer 15

white southerners who aligned themselves with the republicans during the reconstruction

Question 16

Mississippi plan

Answer 16

• use of threats, violence, and lynchings by Mississippi democrats in 1875 to intimidate republicans and bring the democratic power to an end

Question 17

election of 1876

Answer 17

• Rutherford B. Hayes(North, wins)
• 165 uncontested votes
• 48% popular votes
• Samuel J. Tilden(South)
• 184 uncontested votes

Southern democrats demanded:

• end to federal intervention in southern politics
• money for railroad construction
• postmaster general will be a democrat

In exchange:
- South lets Hayes win election and become president

Question 18

10% plan

Answer 18

• anyone in south that swore loyalty to union and accepted abolition of slavery were given pardons
• once 10% of a states population does this then the state can create a new constitution with no slavery