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

Southern whites who had opposed secession # 2 scalawag p 555 Southern whites who had opposed secession

A pardon, or forgiveness for a group of people # 3 amnesty p547 A pardon, or forgiveness for a group of people

A personal tax to be paid before voting # 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 victory Republican victory Ended 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 Confederates States 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

Minimum 1 paragraph Essay Discuss 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

1- Introduction sentence 2- 13th amendment 3- 14th amendment Essay 5 sentences 1- Introduction sentence 2- 13th amendment 3- 14th amendment 4- 15th amendment 5 – 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