Reconstruction Era

Scalawag

Southern whites who supported Reconstruction policies in the south and the Republican party

14th amendment

Stated that everyone born or naturalized in the United States was a citizen and was entitled to equal protection of the law

The 14th amendment was part of a series of laws that

ensured the civil rights of African Americans

Reconstruction came to an end when

federal troops were removed from the South

The goal of the freedmens bureau was to

help former slaves adjust to freedom

The radical republicans opposed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, saying it was too

lenient on the south

Southern state governments restricted the rights of former slaves by

passing black codes

The main goal of the KKK during reconstruction was to

prevent African Americans from exercising their rights

The Radical Republicans passed a series of laws designed to

protect the civil rights of African Americans

The Freedmen's Bureau succeeded in

providing clothing, medical care, food, and education to many freed people

After Rutherford B Hayes became president in 1877, he

removed federal troops from the south

White resistance in the south during reconstruction was evident through laws passed by state legislatures called black codes. The main goal of these was to

restrict black freedom to preserve a slave-like society

The freedmens bureau was established by congress to implement all of the following except

return all slaves to their rightful plantation owners

As white southerners regained control of state governments, they began to

reverse Reconstruction era reforms

In 1870, thanks to the 15th amendment, southern black men

voted for the first time

15th amendment

African American males gained the right to vote

impeach

After President Johnson tried to fire his Secretary of War, the house of representatives voted to impeach him

What was the verdict in President Johnsons impeachment trial?

He escaped conviction by one vote

Carpetbagger

Northern whites who moved to the South to take advantage of economic opportunities during Reconstruction

sharecropper

Person that grows a crop on land owned by someone else and gives the landowner part of the annual yield

tenant farmer

Person that rents the land on which he or she grows crops

Who particularly disliked Johnsons reconstruction plan?

Radical Republicans

Reconstruction

The period immediately following the Civil War