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5950779301scalawagwhite Southerner who joined the Republican Party0
5950782722CarpetbaggersNortherner who moved to the South after the war1
5950785208Sharecroppingsystem in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farmworkers in return for part of their crop2
5950793636tenant farmingrenting land from landowners for cash3
5950804801Problem: Physical DevastationAttempted Solution: Reconstruction4
5950810875Problem: former slaves separated from their familiesAttempted Solution: Records5
5950813655Problem: lack of educationAttempted Solution: schools6
5950816665Problem: lack of landAttempted Solution: Explore new land7
5950821902Problem: planters faced a labor shortageAttempted solution: make machines8
5950834240reconstruction10 year period (to build); 1867-1877 (rebuild the south)9
5950850895Explain the circumstances surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln1865, five days after the surrender in Appomattox Court House, a confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth assassinated the president as he attended a play at Ford's theater10
5950867715Who took over the office after Lincoln was killedAndrew Johnson11
5950869436solid souththe south traditionally voted for democrats12
5950874609Rutherford B Hayesin 1876 he became president13
5950880491terror groupspeople who tried to keep the ex slaves from voting14
5950886165freedmen's bureauorganization that helped the ex slaves adjust to being citizens15
5950889047impeachmenttrying a political official for a crime16
595089247315th amendmentgave the right to vote17
595089863114th amendmentgave ex slaves their citizenship18
5950901203radical republicansthey control congress and they wanted to be hard on the south19
5950904894black codeslaws that southerners passed that restricted the ex slaves20
595090912113th amendmentoutlaw slavery21
5950915334compromise of 1877this ended reconstruction22
5950918570John Wilkes Boothkilled Abraham Lincoln23
5950962709What was Lincoln's plan to bring the south back into the unionto prove sympathetic to the south and reconstruction24
5951052467What was the plan called and what does it meanPresidential Reconstruction. It means swear allegiance, hold constitutional convention, ratify the 13th amendment, and states could hold elections and be part of the union25
5951070226What percent of the eligible voters had to take the oath begore the state could rejoin the Union51 percent26
5951078710What amendment's passage was reqyured to come back in? What did the amendment do?The 13th Amendment passage was required to come back in. The 13th Amendment ended slavery throughout the United States.27
5951088121How long did Reconstruction last?10 years. 1867-187728
5951101223What were Black CodesBlack codes were laws that limited the rights of freed black slaves so much they basically still lived as slaves29
5951113233The radical republicans wanted_______ percent of voters to take the oath to rejoin the Union.5130
5951115320Why was President Johnson impeached?He violated the Tenure in Office Act, which limited the President's power to hire and fire government officials.31
5951127133What was the verdict of Johnson's trial?Johnson was found not guilty32
5951132829Who is Edmund G Rossthe man who found Johnson innocent33
5951138782What is the difference between share cropping and tenant farming?Share cropping is the selling of land and tenant farming is renting land34
5951154841What was the purpose of Freedmen's BureauThe purpose was to help freed slaves with things they need35
5951176165What was the difference in the way ex-slaves worshipped during Reconstruction?no overseers36
5951187011How was education different after the Civil WarSchools for ex-slaves and whites were built37
5951192090Who was PBS PinchbackFirst black Governor of Louisiana38
5951197830What were Elites? How did they view the former slaves?blacks who were not born a slave. they looked down on them39
5951204640What were some of the terror groups that operated in the South? What tactics did they useKKK, Knight-White Camelia - violent ways40
5951222541Which president ended reconstructionRutherford B Hayes41
5951237604How was Grant as a president? What happened to cause him to be viewed this way?His administration was very corrupt. The bank scandals42
5951245179Explain what "redemption" meant to the SouthTo get justice. the right to govern themselves43

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