Week of 5/28-5/31 Flashcards
1
Q
Reconstruction
A
The process used by the federal government to readmit the Confederate States to the Union
2
Q
Civil Rights
A
rights granted to all citizens
3
Q
Plessy v. Ferguson
A
separation of races was legal
4
Q
13th Amendment
A
Banned Slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States
5
Q
14th Amendment
A
All people born in the United States were citizens and had the same rights
6
Q
15th Amendment
A
Citizens could not be stopped from voting
7
Q
Ku Klux Klan
A
wanted to restore Democratic control of the south and keep former slaves powerless
8
Q
Black Codes
A
Limited freedom of former slaves
9
Q
Freedman’s Bureau
A
Federal Agency created to set up schools and hospitals for African Americans
10
Q
Sharecropping
A
a worker rented a plot of land to farm
