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
