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Reconstruction Study Guide Vocabulary p.198 Reconstruction- The period after the Civil War when the South rejoined the U.S. p.197 Assassination- The murder of an important leader p.198 Freedmen’ s Bureau- An organization set up to help former slaves and poor Southern whites by providing education, legal advice, medical care, food, and clothing p.208 Jim Crow Laws- Laws that separated whites from African American p.207 Sharecropping- A system in which landowners let poor farmers grow crops on part of their land for a share of the crops. p.207 Ku Klux Klan- A secret organization that frightened and killed African Americans p.200 13th amendment- The amendment that ended slavery in the U.S. p.200 14th amendment- The amendment that provided citizenship rights for all former slaves. p.200 15th amendment- The amendment which gave all men in the U.S. the right to vote Fill in the Blank: p.197 1. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. p.208 2. Booker T. Washington believed that the key to equal treatment for African Americans was education. p.196 3. After the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln did not want to punish the South from seceding from the Union. p.198 4. Andrew Johnson (did/did not) want to continue Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan. p.198 5. Radical Republicans were unhappy with Andrew Johnson about the Black Codes that he allowed to be passed. p.208 6. Reconstruction officially ended in 1877, however the struggle of equal rights for African Americans was not over. p.200 7. The 13th amendment was meant to end slavery in the United States forever. p.198 8. Abraham Lincoln’s plan for uniting the country after the Civil War was for the Confederate states to set up new governments and rejoin the union. His words and reconstruction plan upset the Radical Republicans in Congress the most. p.198 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was an organization set up by congress to help former slaves by providing education, food, and other supplies. p.200 10.The 14th amendment was added to the Constitution to provide citizenship rights for all former slaves. It was a response to the Black Codes. p.198 11.President Andrew Johnson had to go through impeachment trials because he objected and refused to carry out the tough laws passed that was strict towards the southern states. p.198 12.The Black Codes set up in the South after the Civil War were intended to limit travel, voting, and working rights of newly freed African Americans. p.200 13.After the 15th amendment was passed, African Americans immediately began taking part in government by running for office and voting. p.197 14.During Reconstruction in the (North/South) many people were poor and it was hard to earn a living. p.207 15.Sharecropping was a system that developed in the South to keep the plantations operating after slavery ended. p.207 16.Sharecropping was similar to slavery in that the sharecroppers remained in debt to the landowner and were not independent. p.208 17.The official end of Reconstruction occurred when President Hayes ordered government soldiers to leave the South. p.208 18.In an attempt to keep African Americans from the rights they were promised by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments the Southern States passed the Jim Crow Laws. p.207 19.In 1871 African Americans asked Congress for protection against the Ku Klux Klan. p.208 20.The Jim Crow Laws forced the separation of races.