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CONGRESS TAKES CHARGE THE RECONSTRUCTION ACTS 1) In 1867, Congress passes the 1st of the RECONSTRUCTION ACTS ________________________________________ All states not complying with 14th Amendment would MILITARY RULE be under ____________________ WHITE All qualified adult _____________ males and AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES _________________________________ could vote. CONFEDERATE OFFICE Those who had held ________________________ would not be able to vote. CONFEDERACY Whites who supported the __________________ could not vote. 14TH Southern states had to approve the _______ Amendment before being readmitted to the Union. 2) Johnson did not like the RECONSTRUCTION _____________ Acts and stated they gave the GOVERNMENT _____________ too much power. He also did not want to punish former _____________officers. CONFEDERATE REPUBLICANS 3) ______________controlled most of the new southern state governments. 4) Republicans in the South = AFRICAN AMERICANS, NORTHERNERS WHO MOVED ___________________________ TO SOUTH, AND SOME WHITE SOUTHERNERS __________________________ 5) Republicans passed laws against SEGREGATION ___________. SEGREGATION Existed in 1960s too 6) New governments set up ________________________ and tried to PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS BUSINESSES bring ______________________ and JOBS ____________ to the South 7) Northerners who moved to the south were CARPETBAGGERS called __________________________ because of the ____________________ they SUITCASES brought. Many Southerners felt these people came just MONEY to make _______________, but they did set up _______________________ and RAILROADS SCHOOLS ______________________ 8) Another group disliked by Southerners: ____________, SCALAWAGS which meant LIAR TROUBLEMAKER “_______” or “_______________” WHITE SOUTHERNERS These people were ________________________ RECONSTRUCTION were supported _________________________ BUSINESS PEOPLE Many of these people were __________________ and _______________ SMALL FARMERS 9) Confederates blamed scalawags for allowing NORTHERNERS _____________________ and __________________ AFRICAN AMERICANS to hold political office. 10) 3 ways in which southern states tried to prevent African Americans from voting: 1) Literacy Test – can you read and write? 2) Poll Tax = Pay to vote 3) Grandfather clause – If your grandfathers could vote, then you can vote These all gave way to the passage of the 15th Amendment – the right to vote 13th 14th and 15th Amendments 13th (1865) – Slavery is forbidden in the United States 14th (1868) – People who are born in the U.S. or who are granted citizenship in the U.S. are citizens of the United States. No state can take away their rights as citizens 15th (1870) – No one shall be denied the right to vote on the basis of race, color or previous condition of servitude VOCABULARY Impeach – to accuse a high public official of a crime Segregation – the separation of people by race Carpetbagger – a name for a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War Scalawag – a name for a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction government