History quiz - 9th grade

1. Challenges the U.S. faced after the Civil War (Notes)

• Readmitting the south to the union, figuring out the fate of the former slaves, and trying to balance justice and healing

1. Main points of Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction (Notes)

• Presidential Reconstruction: Johnson passed the 13th amendment banning slavery, he pardoned confederates, and he created laws that allowed for discrimination

• Congressional Reconstruction: The congress divided the South into military districts until they passed the 14th amendment, citizenship for African Americans, and no confederates could hold office in government. 

1. What the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments state (Notes)

• 13th: Abolished slavery

• 14th: All have citizenship and equal protection under the law

• 15th: Anti-discrimination law

1. Definition of carpetbaggers, scalawags, and sharecropping (Notes)

• Carpetbaggers: Northerner who moved south after the civil war to support construction. 

• Scalawags: Southerners who supported reconstruction. 

• Sharecropping: Land owners rented out pieces of land for a share of the crop.

1. What role the Ku Klux Klan played in Reconstruction (Notes)

• They used terrorism to prevent freedmen from voting and to establish white supremacy by trapping black people in a cycle of fear.

1. Why sharecropping failed to help African Americans (Notes)

• Because it would trap the African Americans in debt to the landowner. 

Why Reconstruction ended (Notes)

• Northern republicans lost passion for the cause

•  An economic depression became priority

• Southern Democrats violently blocked Black Americans from voting, leading to a democratic takeover of the south.  

1. Why did Southern states come under democratic control (Notes)

• Because they stopped African Americans from voting and took control of the southern states. 

1. What are the legacies of Reconstruction (Notes)

• After the south comes under southern democratic party control states become segregated (Jim Crow laws) and the south will remain this way for over a century.