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Chapter 16 Reconstruction Test Review

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.

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Chapter 16 Reconstruction Test Review

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  1. Chapter 16 Reconstruction Test Review

  2. # 1 carpetbaggers p555 • Name given to northern whites who went south to start businesses or pursue political careers during Reconstruction

  3. # 2 scalawag p 555 • Southern whites who had opposed secession

  4. # 3 amnesty p547 • A pardon, or forgiveness for a group of people

  5. # 4 Poll tax • A personal tax to be paid before voting

  6. # 6 impeachment • The process of bringing formal charges against a public official

  7. # 7 grandfather clause p560 • Most white voters didn’t have to take a literacy test

  8. # 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. #9 black codes p553 • The laws passed by Southern states that barred mixing of the races in most aspects of life

  10. # 10 literacy test p560 • An exam to see if a person can read and write in order to vote

  11. #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. # 12 Freedman p548 • Men and women who were legally freed from slavery after the Civil War

  13. # 13 Radical Reconstruction p554-556 • It was the “hard” Reconstruction demanded by some members of Congress

  14. # 14 Civil Rights Act of 1866 p553 • Guaranteed citizenship to African Americans • Johnson vetoed

  15. # 15 Thirteenth Amendment p 552 • Abolished slavery

  16. # 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. # 17 Fifteenth Amendment p556-557 • Guarantee citizens right to vote regardless of race or color (except women)

  18. # 18 Freedmen’s Bureau p548 • Purpose was to provide emergency relief to people forced out of their homes by the war

  19. # 19 Election of 1876 p558-559 • Samuel Tildon v Rutherford B Hayes • Hayes victory • Republican victory • Ended Reconstruction

  20. # 20 Ku Klux Klan p556-557, 567 • The secret society that scared blacks and their white allies

  21. #21 Abraham Lincoln p546-547, 549 • President who was murdered while in office • Main goal of Reconstruction was to quickly restore the Union.

  22. # 22 Andrew Johnson p549, 556, 552-554 • President during Reconstruction • Radical Republicans had control over Reconstruction

  23. #23 Ulysses S. Grant p556, 558 • War hero who won the Presidential Election of 1868 • Republican

  24. # 24 Rutherford B. Hayes p559 • He vowed to end Reconstruction after winning the disputed Presidential Election of 1876

  25. # 25 John Wilkes Booth • Person who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln

  26. # 26 Abraham Lincoln’s main goal for Reconstruction p546-547 • Restore the Union

  27. #27 Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction p546-547 • Former confederates pardoned if signed loyalty oath • 10% loyalty oath

  28. #28 Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction p547, 556 • Issue amnesty to Confederates • States create new governments

  29. #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. #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

  31. Essay • Discuss the 13th , 14th , and 15thAmendments to the US Constitution. • What was the purpose of each, and what did each one accomplish? • Minimum 1 paragraph

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

  33. 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

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