Chapter 16 “Reconstruction ” Ms. Monteiro

Rebuilding the South Fight Over Reconstruction Reconstruction in the South Grab Bag Grab Bag

Row 1, Col 1 What is the word that means the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union? Reconstruction

2,1 According to Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction, how many voters in a southern state had to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States and agree that slavery was illegal? Ten Percent

3,1 What was the name of the stricter bill that Congress wanted to pass instead of Lincoln’s reconstruction plan? Wade-Davis Bill

4,1 What was the amendment (addition) to the Constitution that made slavery illegal in the United States? 13 th Amendment

5,1 What was the name of the government agency that provided help to the freed slaves after the Civil War? Freedmen’s Bureau

1,2 What was the name for the laws that southern states passed to limit the freedom of African Americans? Black Codes

2,2 What was the name of the act that provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans? Civil Rights Act of 1866

3,2 Which amendment to the Constitution was passed to make sure that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 would be carried out? 14 th Amendment

4,2 Which amendment to the Constitution gave African American men the right to vote? 15th Amendment

5,2 What is the word that means the process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official? Impeachment

1,3 Who was the first African American to serve as a senator in the U.S. Senate? Hiram Revels

2,3 What was the name of the secret society that opposed civil rights for African Americans? Ku Klux Klan

3,3 What financial downturn took Northerners’ attention away from the problems of Reconstruction? Panic of 1873

4,3 What problem did the Compromise of 1877 solve? Democrats acceptance of Rutherford B. Hayes as President in exchange for the removal of all federal troops in the South

5,3 What was the name for laws that enforced segregation in the South? Jim Crow Laws

1,4 What are the two reasons why southerners faced starvation after the war? High food prices and widespread crop failures

2,4 What was the name for the tax that was required in order to be able to vote in the South? Poll Tax

3,4 What was the name of the court case that said segregation could be allowed as long as the separate facilities were “separate but equal”? Plessy V. Ferguson

4,4 What is the name for living on someone elses’ land and growing crops for the owner? It is how poor people survived in the South. sharecropping

5,4 Who was the first president to be impeached? Was he convicted? Andrew Johnson - not convicted by a single vote

4,4 Whose Reconstruction plan wanted the federal government to force change in the South? Radical Republicans

4,4 What laws did Congress pass that divided the South in to five districts? Reconstruction Acts

4,4 What was the purpose of the 13 th Amendment to the Constitution? To ban or forbid slavery throughout the U.S.

4,4 What did the 14 th amendment give to all people born in the U.S. (except for native Amreicans) citizenship

4,4 What did the 15 th amendment give to all African American men? Right to vote