Reconstruction Jeopardy

Reconstruction Jeopardy

$100 These Social Classes struggled to make a living after the Civil War because slavery ended. Who are the Elite and Middle Classes?

$200 This Social Class was freed after the Civil War. Who are the Enslaved African Americans?

$300 This is a person that works land owned by someone else. Who are sharecroppers?

$400 A sharecropper borrowed land and received this as pay. What is part of the crops?

$500 These laws limited the voting rights and other freedoms of African Americans. What are the Black Codes?

$100 This person worked to take away voting rights of African Americans. Who is Ben Tillman?

$200 This person was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Who is President Lincoln?

$300 This group of men destroyed crops, buildings, and railroads during the Civil War. Who were Sherman’s men?

$400 This is why many factories lost money during the Civil War. What is the Confederate government didn’t pay very much for the items?

$500 This is why the South and the North destroyed many bridges and railroads during the Civil War. What is to keep Generals from moving their troops and supplies?

$100 This was a government program that provided food, shelter, land, and medicine. What is Freedman’s Bureau?

$200 This is a time period of rebuilding after the Civil War. What is Reconstruction?

$300 This important document stated that all men are equal, all men have the right to vote, and every child has the right to an education. What is Constitution of 1868?

$400 This was an example of racial tension. What is African American schools were not equal to white schools?

$500 This means separated based on race. What is segregated?

$100 This document stated anyone born in America is a citizen and is treated equally under the law. What is the 14th Amendment?

$200 This is what happened because South Carolina refused to ratify the 14th Amendment. What is the US Military took over SC government?

$300 In order to rejoin the United States, South Carolina had to do this. What is ratify the 14th Amendment?

$400 These were laws that separated the blacks and whites. What are Jim Crow Laws?

$500 Ben Tillman created unfair voting laws by stating, in order to vote you had to be able to do this. What is be able to read, and if you could read you had to be able to explain part of the Constitution?

$100 These laws created signs like: “Whites Only” or “Colored”. What are Jim Crow Laws?

$200 The Freedman’s Bureau helped these groups of people. Who are African Americans and poor whites?

$300 This is the act of rebuilding. What is Reconstruction?

$400 This is when Reconstruction ended. What is 1877?

$500 This is a word that means the right to vote. What is suffrage?

Reconstruction Jeopardy