These history flash cards cover the Reconstruction era in the Southern United States
There are 29 flash cards in this set (5 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| 13th amendment | Freed all slaves |
| 14th amendment | Gave citizenship rights to all Americans |
| 15th amendment | Guaranteed all African American Men the right to vote |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws that enforced segregation |
| Democrats | Strongly opposed reconstruction sent military into the south to enforce laws |
| Republicans | Known as the radicals - Lincoln's political party |
| Black Codes | Laws that restricted freed slaves rights...such as voting ...must be able to read or pay a poll tax... or forbidding them to sit on juries in court. |
| Sharecropping | This was when freedmen rented landed and supplies for farming...doing just as they had been prior to the end of slavery...and made little to no profit |
| John Wilkes Booth | Assassinated President Lincoln inside of the Ford Theater |
| Andrew Johnson | Vice President that became president after Lincoln's assignation The first American president to be impeached |
| Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan | The new president favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union. His plans did -not give protection to the former slaves -major leader's should be punished |
| President Johnson's 2 requirements for Southern states reentering the union | -10% plan (10% pledge loyalty) - states MUST agree the 14th & 15th amendments |
| Cash crop | Crop you grow with the intent to sell |
| Veto | Vote against |
| Segregation | separating people into groups based on race, color, religion, gender, and or age |
| Freedmen | Freed slaves (male and female) |
| Freedmen Bureau | Agency designed to provide assistance to recently freed slaves |
| Carpetbaggers | Northerners that moved south in hopes of starting new businesses after the Civil War |
| Scalawags | White southerners that supported reconstruction |
| Ku Klux Klan | Violent, racist group formed to intimidate African Americans and other races |
| Reconstruction | Rebirth and building of the nation after the Civil War |
| Constitution | Framework, beliefs, and governing document that the US was built upon |
| Ratify | An official agreement |
| Amendment | A change to a document (The Constitution) |
| Impeach | Remove from office |
| abolish | To end/do away with something |
| Describe the north after the Civil War. | Many recently freed slaves moved north in search of a better life since it had not been destroyed like the south |
| Describe the south after the Civil War. | It was left in ruins & poverty was high |
| Who took over as leader of the country after President Lincoln died | Andrew Johnson |
