Reconstruction Name KEY C.S. 12: The Reconstruction period resulted in changes to the U.S. Constitution, an affirmation of federal authority and lingering political and social differences. Using the site www.gosocialstudiesgo.com answer the following questions about the Reconstruction period. The “New” South 1. What amendment ended slavery for good? 13th 2. How many states were needed to ratify the amendment? 27 3. What state cast the final vote needed for ratification? Georgia 4. The Civil War began as a conflict over economics more than human rights . 5. Describe the conditions in the South after the war. Vacant houses, barns and fields ruined, railroads destroyed, homeless people, 6. What name was given to the northerners trying to get “rich” on southern misfortune? Carpet baggers 7. How many free slaves were now in the south? 4 million 8. What agency was created to assist free African-Americans? Freedman’s Bureau 9. How many acres were given to African-Americans? 40 10. Where was most of this land? Oklahoma(Indian Territory) 11. How many southern African-Americans were illiterate? Over 90% 12. Why were so many illiterate? Prevented by law from being educated 13. How was the 14th amendment passed? Johnson’s veto was overrode by congress 14. What did the First Reconstruction Act of 1867 do? Set up the South into 5 military districts each under the leadership of a Union general. Radical Reconstruction 15. Describe Lincoln’s 10% Plan. When 10% of the state’s voting population took the loyalty oath, they could form a new state government without slavery and rejoin the Union. 16. Describe the Wade-Davis Plan. 50% of the voting population take the loyalty oath, slavery banned, and freed blacks given land and rights. 17. Why was Johnson chosen as Lincoln’s vice president? Only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union 18. How many Confederate leaders did Johnson pardon? 7,000 19. What four things did Stephens and Sumner believe were needed to rise above the conditions of slavery? Citizenship, the vote, education and land Rise of the Ku Klux Klan 20. When did the 15th amendment get passed? February 3, 1870 21. What group organized to terrorize African-Americans? Ku Klux Klan 22. Who was elected president in 1868? Ulysses S. Grant Jim Crow Era 23. Where did the name of these laws come from? 1830’s entertainment where a white man plays a stereotypical black man 24. How did southerners find ways to prevent African-Americans from voting? Intimidation, poll taxes, literacy tests, and other laws designed to limit the vote. 25. What places remained segregated? Transportation, restaurants, hotels, theaters, parks, hospitals 26. Who challenged Jim Crow laws? Homer Plessy 27. What did the Supreme Court rule in 1896? Segregation was legal if separate but equal 28. When and how did this decision get overturned? Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 Answer the following questions using the Civil War 150 site. http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/home Places/Events-Compromise of 1877 1. Describe the events that took place and who became president. Rutherford B. Hayes became president and South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana were back in control by Democrats. Culture-Black Codes and Jim Crow 1. Why were black codes passed? Restrict their behavior, keep them propertyless and controlled as a labor force 2. When did Reconstruction end? 1876 3. When did these laws finally end? 1964 How? Civil Rights Act of 1964 Culture-Ku Klux Klan 1. Describe the Ku Klux Klan Act. President could send troops to end Klan violence, Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional Culture-Reconstruction Amendments 1. What is the 13th amendment? Abolished slavery in the United States 2. What is the 14th amendment? Defined citizenship and granted equal protection of the laws of the Constitution to former slaves 3. What is the 15th amendment? Guaranteed the right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude .