Reconstruction

Question 1

Primary Source

Answer 1

1st hand account example; diary

Question 2

Secondary Source

Answer 2

Second account example; textbook

Question 3

Reconstruction

Answer 3

Rebuilding of the nation after the Civil War, process of readmitting southern states Time period after the Civil War Reuniting the country

Question 4

Jim Crow Laws –

Literacy Test, Poll Taxes,

Grandfather Clause

Answer 4

laws that separated (segregated) races in public places Poll Tax- a fee that people would have to pay to vote Literacy Test – difficult test that had to be passed to vote Grandfather Clause – stated if your grandfather could vote then so could you

Question 5

13th Amendment

Answer 5

Abolished slavery everywhere in The United States and territories

Question 6

14th Amendment

Answer 6

Stated all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and deserve equal protection of the law

Question 7

Plessey V. Ferguson

Answer 7

Supreme Court Case that ruled segregation was legal as long as African Americans had access to public facilities creating the “Separate but equal” Doctrine

Question 8

Carpet Baggers

Answer 8

Northerners who moved south to take part in Reconstruction

Question 9

What problems did

African Americans have

during reconstruction

Answer 9

Could not vote, Jim Crow Laws most ended up as sharecroppers KKK intimidated people from voting

Question 10

15th Amendment

Answer 10

prohibited the state form depriving someone the right to vote based on race, color or creed