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Social Studies - 5th Grade Reconstruction
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- 1What was the most important task of the Reconstruction period?rebuilding the South
- 2What year did the Civil War end?1865
- 3What was the period called when the south was being rebuilt?Reconstruction
- 4Describe the condition of the South at the end of the Civil WarIt was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt
- 5What did the 13th ammendment do?It abolished slavery
(which means it got rid of it) - 6What was the name of the plan that President Lincoln created to reunite the South as quickly as possible?The Reconstruction Plan
- 7Who was president when the Civil War ended?Abraham Lincoln
- 8What 2 things did each state have to do to rejoin the Union after the War?1) Take an oath to the Constitution
2) take an oath to the Union - 9Describe the schools and colleges for the African Americans in the South during this time.The schools for African Americans were seperate from the schools for the rest of the people
- 10Name the government program that provided food, clothing, shelter, medical care, jobs, and legal help to both African Americans and WhitesThe Freedman's Bureau
- 11The Freedman's Bureau set up 4,000 schools for who?newly freed people
- 12How did Abrahm Lincoln die?He was assassinated
- 13Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?President Andrew Johnson
- 14What did President Johnson do that showed that he disliked the South?He supported the Union
- 15What did President Johnson do to show that he did like the South?He allowed former Confederate leaders to serve in Congress
- 16Did President Johnson take action against the Black Codes?No
- 17What is it called when a public official (like a president or mayor) is charged with a crime?Impeachment
- 18What President was almost (but not quite enough votes) impeached?President Johnson
- 19What were the laws called that were passed by Southern states that limited the freedoms and rights of African Americans?The Black Codes
- 20What were three of the rights that were not allowed to African Americans because of the BlackCodes?1) they could not own guns
2) they could not hold a public meeting
3) they were not allowed to rent properties in cities - 21Name 3 important things that the Reconstruction Act of 1867 made happen1) divided the South into 5 districts
2) The districts would all be controlled by the US Army until a new governement was formed
3) Each state had to write a new constitution - 22What 2 things did the 14th ammendment do?1) African Americans became citizens of the US
2) it guaranteed African AMericans the same legal rights as whites - 23What did the 15th Ammendment do?made it illegal for states to deny a man's right to vote
- 24Give a brief phrase describing what the 13th, 14th, & 15th ammendment did13th - abolished slavery
14th - gave African Americans rights
15th - allowed all men to vote - 25What are 2 of the laws that were passed in the South to keep black people from voting?1) the poll tax required former slves to pay a tax to vote (but they had no $!)
2) Grandfather caluse meant that a person could only vote if their grandfather had voted (which could not have happened) - 26What is it called when people rent land from someone so that they can have a share (part) of the crop grown there?Sharecropping
- 27Did sharecropping happen a lot in the South during Reconstruction?Yes
- 28Were most southern farmers wealthy (rich) or poor during Reconstruction?poor
(lots of debt) - 29During Reconstruction, was the price of cotton high or low?low
- 30Many Northerners moved to the South during reconstruction to do what?start businesses
- 31Northerners who moved to the South and helped fight for Afican American Rights were called __________Carpetbaggers
- 32Southerners believed that the Northern people who moved down south were taking advantage of the _____________ of the Southsuffering
- 33During Reconstruction were any African Americans elected to state office or Congress?Yes! 600 to state and 16 to congress
- 34Did most Southern white people accept the African Americans as equals?No
- 35What was name of the secret society created by former Confederate Officers to terrorize African Americans?Ku Klux Klan
(KKK) - 36What methods did the Ku Klux Klan use to frighten blacks and keep them from voting?1) violence
2) intimidation - 37What clothing did the KKK wear? and what did they do to property and Blacks?clothing - white robes and hoods (to hide their real identities)
property - they destroyed it
to blacks - they murdered some - 38Give at least 3 things in the 1880's that blacks and whites had to use seperatelyschools
restaurants
railroad cars
hotels
parks - 39What do you call the separation of people based on their race (color of skin)?segregation
- 40What laws were passed that forced segregation and made it legal to segregate based on race?Jim Crow Laws
- 41The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy vs. Ferguson that segregation was __________ as long as it was _____________but _________legal
seperate but equal - 42After Plessy vs. Ferguson was passed were services for blacks and whites equal?No
- 43Did African Americans experience discriminatioin in both the South and the North?yes
- 44After the 13th, 14th, and 15th ammendments were passed, did the African Americans gain many rights?No
- 45In the Presidential election of 1876, who won? a) Democrat Samuel Tilden b) Republican Rutherford HayesRepublican Rutherford Hayes
- 46What did Hayes promise to do if he were elected President? Was he able to do that?end Reconstruction
Yes - 47When President Hayes ended Reconstruction, he quickly did what?Ordered the Union Troops to leave the South
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