Reconstruction & the Move West Unit
Mr. Lickteig, Team 9 (8th grade)
Fort Riley Middle School
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| 479061278 | 13th | amendment that officially BANNED SLAVERY in the US | |
| 479061279 | 14th | amendment that granted CITIZENSHIP to African-Americans | |
| 479061280 | 15th | amendment that gave VOTING rights to African-American MEN | |
| 479061281 | sharecropping | economic method that was used in the South after the war; did not allow African-Americans to move up in society | |
| 479061282 | black codes | laws that were passed to limit African-American freedoms in the South after the Civil War | |
| 479061283 | carpetbagger | Northern Republicans who went to the South to make $$$ and rebuild | |
| 479061284 | scalawag | white Southern Republicans who supported the North during the war | |
| 479061285 | Freedman's Bureau | created in 1865 by congress; provided support for the poor in the South, especially EDUCATION | |
| 479061286 | Radical Republicans | group of members of Congress who wanted the Federal government to PUNISH the South after the war | |
| 479061287 | John Wilkes Booth | assassin of Abraham Lincoln | |
| 479061288 | Andrew Johnson | Lincoln's vice president, was impeached because Congress thought he was abusing his power | |
| 479061289 | impeach | the act of removing someone from office; requires 2/3rds of Senate to pass | |
| 479061290 | 10% Plan | Another name for the Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction | |
| 479061291 | Reconstruction | process of reuniting the country and rebuilding the South after the Civil War | |
| 479061292 | 435 | total number of Representatives in the US | |
| 479061293 | 100 | total number of Senators in the US | |
| 479061294 | Congress | the name for the combined House of Representatives and Senate | |
| 479061295 | Wade-Davis Bill | name for Congress' plan for Reconstruction; more harsh than President's | |
| 479061296 | segregation | forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places | |
| 479061297 | poll tax | charging money in order to vote; used to prevent African-Americans from voting | |
| 479061298 | Ulysses S. Grant | President during the Panic of 1873, battled corruption in his cabinet | |
| 479061299 | Panic of 1873 | one of the biggest depressions in American history, occurs during Reconstruction | |
| 479061300 | Compromise of 1877 | an agreement between Republicans & Democrats that ENDED Reconstruction | |
| 479061301 | Rutherford B. Hayes | man who became president after the Compromise of 1877, Republican | |
| 479061302 | James Buchanan | president BEFORE Lincoln & the Civil War, often considered the WORST president in history | |
| 479061303 | depression | an extended period of time when the economy of a country is poor | |
| 479061304 | conspiracy | a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | |
| 479061305 | Thomas Nast | "Father of American Cartoons"; drew political cartoons during Reconstruction; created popular images of Santa, Uncle Sam, and the Donkey / Elephant political symbols | |
| 479061306 | Donkey | animal used to represent the Democrats; originally used in a campaign against Andrew Jackson | |
| 479061307 | Elephant | animal used to represent the Republicans; Thomas Nast decided to use this animal because it was large, powerful, and intelligent | |
| 479061308 | Nathan Bedford Forrest | Confederate general who after the war formed the KKK | |
| 479061309 | Ku Klux Klan | group of white Southerners who intimidated and used violence to prevent African Americans from achieving equality in the South after the Civil War | |
| 479061310 | Reconstruction Act of 1867 | required Southern states to approve new constitutions and set up a five districts led by Union generals to keep the peace | |
| 479061311 | Election of 1876 | one of the closest elections in US History; caused the end of Reconstruction | |
| 479061312 | Samuel Tilden | Democratic presidential nominee during the Election of 1876; won 184 votes but ended up losing by 1 electoral vote | |
| 479061313 | Johnson's Plan | Reconstruction plan nicknamed "Restoration"; did not punish the South except for the rich & highest ranking Confederate officers; opposed equal rights for African Americans | |
| 479061314 | Lincoln's Plan | Reconstruction plan that required 10% of the population to swear loyalty; granted amnesty to all Southerners except Confederate leaders; required new Constitution | |
| 479061315 | ratify | to approve a law or amendment | |
| 479061316 | amnesty | an offical pardon; prevents you from being trialed for a crime later | |
| 479061317 | veto | President's "check" on the Legislative Branch; can reject a bill | |
| 479061318 | override | Congress' "check" on the Executive Branch; can overrule a presidential veto with a 2/3 vote in both the Senate & House | |
| 479061319 | Dred Scott | the 14th amendment overruled this Supreme Court case in establishing that African Americans born in the US were in fact citizens | |
| 479061320 | Tenure of Office Act | created by the Radical Republicans to try and limit the president's power; required all personnel firings to be approved by Congress; Johnson ignored it | |
| 479061321 | Edwin Stanton | Sec. of War during the Civil War; took charge after Lincoln was assassinated; was dismissed by Johnson ultimately leading to his impeachment trial | |
| 479061322 | scandel | Something illegal and/or immoral that is often times covered up during a presidency; Grant's cabinet was target of three of these | |
| 479061323 | Whiskey Ring | scandal during Grant's presidency when his cabinet members siphoned tax money from alcohol into their own bank accounts | |
| 479061324 | inter | morpheme meaning "between" | |
| 479061325 | re | morpheme meaning "again" | |
| 479061326 | im | morpheme meaning "not or into" | |
| 479061327 | amendment | official change to the Constitution | |
| 479061328 | 3/4 | fraction of states that must approve an amendment before it can become law | |
| 479061329 | integration | public areas that allowed BOTH white and African American people | |
| 479061330 | New Slavery | nickname for the Sharecropping system in the South | |
| 479061331 | speculation | buying or investing large amounts of money in something hoping to make large profits in the future | |
| 479061332 | spec | morpheme meaning "to look or see" | |
| 479061333 | Coinage Act of 1873 | required all currency in the US to be backed by GOLD; helped cause the Panic of 1873 | |
| 479061334 | railroad | the major cause of the Panic of 1873; speculation in this caused the banks who funded it to fail | |
| 479061335 | Panic of 1873 & Whiskey Ring | two major causes for the loss of the Republicans during the Elections of 1874 and 1876 | |
| 479061336 | deflation | when there is not enough money available for a population; SHORTAGE of $$$ | |
| 479061337 | inflation | when there is too much money causing the value of the money to go down; SURPLUS of $$$ | |
| 479061338 | Lincoln | president who's assassination doomed Reconstruction from the start | |
| 479061339 | Chinese Exclusion Act | law passed by Congress during Hayes' presidency that banned a group of people from moving to the United States; Hayes' vetoed the bill but it became law two years later in 1883 | |
| 479061340 | Civil Rights Act of 1866 | guaranteed that everyone, regardless of race or color, were entitled to the same treatment in public areas (inns, theatres, etc.) - ruled unconstitutional during the Slaughterhouse Cases | |
| 479061341 | redeemers | Democrats from the South who won elections during Reconstruction and focused on returning the South to economic dominance (including new industries like timber, mining, etc.) | |
| 479061342 | Slaughterhouse Cases | series of Supreme Court cases starting in 1873 that challenged the 14th amendment; court ruled that the 14th amendment only protected federal rights and not STATE rights | |
| 479061343 | cash crops | plants that are grown in an area and sold for profit; the region depends on them | |
| 479061344 | literacy test | some states required African Americans to take these to prove they were educated enough to vote; Jim Crow Law | |
| 479061345 | grandfather clause | Southern states did not allow African Americans to vote if any of their relatives had been a slave; Jim Crow Law | |
| 479061346 | Jim Crow laws | series of state laws passed after 1877 that segregated African Americans and whites; some placed requirements on African Americans prior to voting | |
| 479061347 | Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in the US as long as it was "equal" | |
| 479061348 | 1896 | year Plessy v. Ferguson was ruled on; start of legal segregation in US |
