Reconstruction Era Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, figures, policies, amendments, successes, and failures of the Reconstruction Era based on lecture notes.

Andrew Johnson

The first president to be impeached and a Southern Democrat who became president after Abraham Lincoln died.

Tennessee

The state where the KKK was officiated.

Black codes

Laws in southern states that led to virtual slavery.

Constitutional Guidance on Reconstruction

False; the Constitution provided no guidance on Reconstruction policy.

Compromise of 1877

The agreement that ended Reconstruction and resulted in Rutherford Hayes becoming president.

Segregation

Forced separation by race.

Sharecropping

An arrangement where laborers work land for a portion of the crop.

Regional Unity from Reconstruction

False; Reconstruction did not lead to regional unity.

Enforcement acts

Legislation that made it illegal to interfere with voting.

Freedmen's Bureau

An organization that provided assistance to former slaves.

Carpetbaggers

Northern republicans that moved south after the civil war.

Scalawags

White southern republicans.

13th Amendment

The constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.

Tenure of office act

The act that President Andrew Johnson violated, leading to his impeachment.

Group Excluded by 15th Amendment

Women were the group left out by the 15th amendment.

Pre-Civil War Literacy Claim

False; prior to the civil war, most African Americans in the south were not literate.

14th Amendment

The amendment that defines citizenship and equal protection of law.

Pardon

Official forgiveness for crime.

10% plan

The name of Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction plan.

Successes of Reconstruction

Public schools education providing social mobility, the 14th amendment granting citizenship and equal protection of the law, and the 15th amendment guaranteeing voting rights.

Failures of Reconstruction

African Americans remained poor and lacked education, sharecropping persisted, and racist attitudes continued with resistance to change.