social studies week one fifth grade. what was the standard for rejoining the union under lincoln’s...

Social Studies

Week One

Fifth Grade

What was the standard for rejoining the Union

under Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

A state would abolish slavery and ten

percent of voters would take a loyalty

oath.

What did Lincoln hope to accomplish with his Reconstruction Plan?

The Union would be reunited in a fair,

quick manner without the

use of military force.

How did Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan differ from Lincoln’s?

He wanted to punish the Southern elite by making

plantation owners ask for a Presidential

pardon.

How did most southerners feel about

African Americans after the Civil War?

They were willing to recognize the end to

slavery, but they didn’t want African Americans to have the same rights

as they did.

What did most African Americans want

during Reconstruction?

They wanted to reunite their families and set up

communities where they could live and work as citizens. They

wanted to improve the education for their children.

What was the primary effect of the Thirteenth

Amendment?

It outlawed slavery in every state

What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?

It gave African Americans citizenship and protection of their

rights.

The 15th Amendment declared what?

Former slaves and people of color have

the right to vote.

What federal agency was established to

help protect the rights of slaves and help them find jobs and

homes?

Freedmen’s Bureau

How did Southerners react to the 13th, 14,

and 15th amendments?

Since Southerners were not ready to accept African

Americans as equals, they began passing laws called Black Codes which limited the former slaves’ rights.

What often happened to African Americans

who left the plantation to

find a better life?

They had to return to the plantations because they were not able to make a

life for themselves on their own.

Where did most African Americans live right after the Civil War?

They lived in the South and did not start moving to

the North and West until late 1800’s and early

1900’s.

What terrorist group of whites was formed to

intimidate Blacks so they would not stand up for their rights as citizens?

The Ku Klux Klan

During Reconstruction, what was its name of the agency that built schools

and hospitals to help serve the needs of former

slaves?

The Freedmen's Bureau

What was the agreement former slaves made with white landowners to farm

the land for a share of the profit made from the

crop?

sharecropping

What was the term used to call Northerners who came to the South to

take advantage of Reconstruction policies?

Carpetbaggers

What was the promise made to freed slaves

after the Civil War that was not kept by the government?

African Americans were promised “40 Acres and a mule” to help them get

established as new citizens of the U.S.

Why did sharecropping become common after

the Civil War?

Many people needed land to farm in order to make a living. This benefited

the plantation owner and the sharecropper.

Why didn’t sharecropping work?

The sharecroppers did not make enough money from their

portion of the crop to pay

their bills.

What did Southerners call other Southerners who cooperated with

the federal government?

Scalawags

Why did many white farmers leave the

farms and seek work in factories?

Cotton depleted the soil so it would no longer grow. The boll weevil also ruined the cotton crops, so it was no

longer profitable.

What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws and

poll taxes?

To keep African Americans from

having any rights as citizens

What did the Black Code laws intended to

do ?

Continue segregation in some Southern states

What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

To use intimidation, violence and voter fraud to keep African Americans from

exercising their rights under the 13th, 14th and 15th

Amendments

What things did the Jim Crow laws make

mandatory?

Separate schools, housing, and seating in theaters

and on trains

What was the “Grandfather Clause” of the Jim Crow

laws?

It was part of the law that was passed that said anyone who couldn’t read, couldn’t vote. Whites who couldn’t read got around this by adding to the law that if your grandfather could read, then you could

vote.