A | B |
Carpetbaggers | carried their possessions in bags |
Scalawags | white, Southern Republicans |
Sharecropping | Sharing the crop |
13th Amendment | slavery was made illegal |
Why was President Johnson impeached | Did not support most Reconstruction Acts |
Who were the Redeemers | Brought their party back to power |
What was successful in the New South | textile production |
When did reconstruction end | 1877 |
What were Jim Crow laws | laws that enforced segregation |
Who were the Radical Republicans | Federal Government to be involved in Reconstruction |
Purpose of Freedmen's Bureau | provide relief for freed people |
Why did Republicans propose 14th Amendment | afraid the Civil Rights might be overturned |
Who was NOT included in the 14th Amendment | gave African Americans same legal rights as white Americans |
What was Black Code | laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans |
Black Code | required African American to sign work contract |
What was the KKK | secret white society opposed to civil rights |
When was KKK created | 1866 |
What was the purpose of KKK | to oppose Civil Rights - especiall suffrage for African Americans |
What was the Ten Percent Plan | 10% Southerns had to swear loyality to the US |
Ten Percent Plan | 10% Southerns had to agree that slavery was illegal |
What was the purpose of Reconstruction | re-admit the former Confederate States to the Union |
Why did Republicans disapprove of southern representatives | feared they may remain local to the Confederacy and would not enforce the new law. |
What was the decision in Plessey vs Ferguson | Supreme Court decision in 1896 separate but to give equal facilities |
What industry was most successful in the New South | textile production |
When did reconstruction end | 1877 |
What was the decision in Plessys vs Ferguson | Supreme court decision - 1896. Separate, but equal facilities |
Who were Radical Republicans | They wanted the federal government to be involved in the Reconstruction |
What was the Compromise of 1877 | Democrats accepted Haye's victory as President |