Reconstruction Flashcards
(51 cards)
How many black soldiers fought for the Union during the Civil War?
186
The 13th Amendment wiped out $____ in slaveholder property
2 billion
R____ S____ stole a Confederate ship to escape slavery
Robert Smalls
Mississippi rejected the 13th Amendment until what year?
1995
Andrew Johnson pardoned ____ ex-Confederates by 1866
7
The Black Codes required $____ license fees for non-farming jobs in SC
100
The ____ ____ riots (1866) saw 46 blacks killed
Memphis riots
The Military Reconstruction Act divided the South into ____ districts
5
H____ R____ became first black Senator in 1870
Hiram Revels
About ____ black state legislators served during Reconstruction
600-700
The KKK killed ____ black teachers in Mississippi (1870)
50
The W____ L____ overthrew Louisiana’s government in 1874
White League
The C____ M____ (1873) saw 150 blacks killed
Colfax Massacre
Only ____ blacks got land through Southern Homestead Act
4
By 1877 ____% of black farmers were sharecroppers
75
The Freedman’s Bank lost $____ in black savings
3.3 million
The Freedmen’s Bureau established ____ schools by 1870
4
Black literacy rose from ____% (1865) to ____% (1877)
5% & 20%
H____ U____ was founded in 1867 in DC
Howard University
The E____ P____ of 1873 diverted Northern attention
Economic Panic
The H____ C____ (1877) removed federal troops
Hayes Compromise
The S____ C____ (1873) weakened the 14th Amendment
Slaughterhouse Cases
T____ S____ pushed for black voting rights
Thaddeus Stevens
B____ K____ B____ was the only black Senator during 1875 CRA
Blanche K. Bruce
