Reconstruction Index Cards

These flashcards cover key concepts and facts related to the Reconstruction era in American history, ideal for exam preparation.

Thirteenth Amendment

The amendment that officially guaranteed freedom for enslaved African Americans.

Abraham Lincoln's approach to the South

The belief that the South should be treated with kindness and justice.

Subsistence farming

The system of farming where landowners provided land and tools in exchange for a portion of the harvest.

Freedmen's Bureau

The organization established by Congress to help African Americans obtain education and transition to freedom.

Cycle of debt

The reason many sharecroppers felt 'enslaved all over again' despite being legally free.

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction view

Johnson's plan offered fewer rights and protections for freed slaves compared to the Republicans in Congress.

Fourteenth Amendment

The amendment that made African Americans United States citizens.

Impeachment trial result of Andrew Johnson

He remained in office because the Senate vote fell one short of a two-thirds majority.

Carpetbaggers

The term used by white Southerners to describe Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction.

Fifteenth Amendment

The amendment that gave African American men the right to vote.

1876 presidential election

The event that effectively ended Reconstruction through a deal to remove federal troops from the South in exchange for Hayes becoming President.

Segregation

The term used to describe the forced separation of races that became the rule in the South after Reconstruction failed.

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