Reconstruction [STAAR Review]

Carpetbaggers

northern whites who moved to the south and served as republican leaders during reconstruction

Reconstruction Era

-South divided into military districts

-ratification of the 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments

-impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Radicals Republicans

-took over Reconstruction after Lincoln was assassinated

-took radical positions against the South because they wanted to punish them

Freedmen's Bureau

-supported former slaves

-provided education

-provided job support

Hiram Rhodes Revels

was the 1st African American to serve in congress, took over Jefferson Davis' Senate seat

Andrew Johnson

-president after Lincoln's assassination

-almost impeached for opposing Radical Republicans

Southern Black Codes

-Southern laws discriminating against blacks

-passed to limit the impact of the Reconstruction amendments

sharecropping

a system used in agriculture where they rented land and equipment and were left in a cycle of debt

Reason for Reconstruction

-rebuild the war-torn South

-fix the issues that had caused sectional differences

-protect newly freed slaves

Reconstruction Amendments

13th, 14th, 15th

13th Amendment

abolished slavery

14th Amendment

gave citizenship rights

15th Amendment

gave African American men the right to vote

Reason for 14th Amendment

Southern states' Black Codes

Southern Attempts at to Restrict the 15th Amendment

-poll tax

-literacy test

-grandfather clause