chapter 16 reconstruction test review. # 1 carpetbaggers p555 name given to northern whites who...

Chapter 16 Reconstruction Test

Review

# 1 carpetbaggers p555

Name given to northern whites who went south to start businesses or pursue political careers during Reconstruction

# 2 scalawag p 555

Southern whites who had opposed secession

# 3 amnesty p547

A pardon, or forgiveness for a group of people

# 4 Poll tax

A personal tax to be paid before voting

# 6 impeachment

The process of bringing formal charges against a public official

# 7 grandfather clause p560

Most white voters didn’t have to take a literacy test

# 8 segregation p 560 “separate but

equal” In Plessy V

Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that the separation of people of different races was legal.

#9 black codes p553

The laws passed by Southern states that barred mixing of the races in most aspects of life

# 10 literacy test p560

An exam to see if a person can read and write in order to vote

#11 sharecropper p 561

A laborer who works the land for a farmer who owns the land in exchange for a value of the crop

System of cycle of poverty

# 12 Freedman p548

Men and women who were legally freed from slavery after the Civil War

# 13 Radical Reconstruction p554-556 It was the “hard”

Reconstruction demanded by some members of Congress

# 14 Civil Rights Act of 1866 p553

Guaranteed citizenship to African Americans

Johnson vetoed

# 15 Thirteenth Amendment p 552

Abolished slavery

# 16 Fourteenth Amendment p553-554 All people born

or naturalized in the US are citizens

Guaranteed free African Americans (men) the right to vote

# 17 Fifteenth Amendment p556-557 Guarantee

citizens right to vote regardless of race or color (except women)

# 18 Freedmen’s Bureau p548

Purpose was to provide emergency relief to people forced out of their homes by the war

# 19 Election of 1876 p558-559

Samuel Tildon v Rutherford B Hayes

Hayes victoryRepublican

victoryEnded

Reconstruction

# 20 Ku Klux Klan p556-557, 567

The secret society that scared blacks and their white allies

#21 Abraham Lincoln p546-547, 549

President who was murdered while in office

Main goal of Reconstruction was to quickly restore the Union.

# 22 Andrew Johnson p549, 556, 552-554

President during Reconstruction

Radical Republicans had control over Reconstruction

#23 Ulysses S. Grant p556, 558

War hero who won the Presidential Election of 1868

Republican

# 24 Rutherford B. Hayes p559 He vowed to

end Reconstruction after winning the disputed Presidential Election of 1876

# 25 John Wilkes Booth

Person who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln

# 26 Abraham Lincoln’s main goal for Reconstruction p546-547

Restore the Union

#27 Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction p546-547

10% loyalty oath

Former confederates pardoned if signed loyalty oath

#28 Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction p547, 556

Issue amnesty to ConfederatesStates create new

governments

#29 Radical Republicans plan for Reconstruction p547,556

Imposed military rule on southern states

Threw out governments of all southern states that had refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

#30 Why the Ku Klux Klan and other secret societies started p556-557, 567

Some whites were angry about losing power

So they resorted to violence

EssayDiscuss the 13th , 14th , and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution.

What was the purpose of each, and what did each one accomplish?

Minimum 1 paragraph

Essay 5 sentences

1- Introduction sentence2- 13th amendment3- 14th amendment 4- 15th amendment5 – Conclusion sentence

Essay

(1)There were three amendments to the Constitution during Reconstruction.(2) The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery.(3) The fourteenth amendment guaranteed citizenship to free African Americans and men could vote.(4) The fifteenth amendment let everyone vote regardless of their race or color except women. (5) In conclusion these amendments helped free African Americans gain more rights