Download Chapter 16 - Study guide sharecroppers

Chapter 16 - Study guide
sharecroppers
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impuesto al voto
carpetbaggers
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amnesty
Jim Crow Laws
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Ku Klux Klan
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13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
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person who rents a plot of land from someone and farms it in
exchange for a share of their crop
a personal tax to be paid before voting
Northern whites who started businesses in the South or pursued
political careers there.
a pardon for a group of people
laws passed by Southern states barring mixing of races in most
aspects of daily life (school, travel, dining, etc)
secret society of whites who were angry about losint power and
resorted to violence aimed at blacks and white allies; used
violence to keep African Americans out of political offices
banned slavery in the US
guarantees equal protection of the law for everyone
gave African American men the right to vote (citizens)
Ten Percent Plan - Lincoln wanted to make it easy for Southern states to rejoin the
Union and this plan warranted only 10% of Southern voters needed to swear an oath of
loyalty to the US. Then those states were allowed to form a new government.
Wade-Davis Bill - states were allowed back into the Union when the majority of voters
signed a loyalty oath. (more than 50%)
Lincoln's assassination gave up hopes for a lenient plan for Reconstruction, which was
to quickly restore the Union
Civil Rights Act of 1866 - outlawed black codes
Most freedmen were uneducated and poor
18th US President Ulysses S. Grant's presidency was laced with corruption
1876 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes 19th President, which led to the end of
Reconstruction
Grandfather clause ensured that only white men could vote
"separate" facilities for whites and blacks were rarely "equal" and played a major role in
denying African Americans heir full civil rights.
During the Reconstruction the South's "new industry" helped them become more selfsufficient
Exception to the 13th Amendment - convicted criminals could be forced to work
After the Reconstruction, African Americans lost most of their civil and political rights
Only blacks had to take literacy tests in order to be able to vote
Radical means making quick, hard decisions
Who determined the plan for Reconstruction was a question raised after Lincoln - would
it be President Johnson or Radical Republicans
Freedman's Bureau set up schools for freedmen, helped find them jobs, settle disputes
between blacks and whites, and provided emergency relief to people displaced by the war.
Reconstruction views:
Radical Republicans:
 wanted to advance the rights of African Americans, and
 wanted to make it more difficult for the South to rejoin the Union
President Andrew Johnson:
 did not want to advance the rights of African Americans
 wanted to make it easier for the South to rejoin the Union
After Reconstruction, African Americans began losing their rights
 poll taxes and literacy tests used to keep them from voting
 segregation for them to use often inferior separate facilities