Reconstruction

  1. Northerners who came to the South to take
    advantage of the poor southerners and the rotten economy.
    Carpetbaggers
  2. Southerners who took advantage of other southerners and the rotten economy.
    Scalawags
  3. paid rent regardless of
    whether or not their crops grew to harvest
    tennant farmers
  4. paid a part of their harvest to the landowner
    sharecroppers
  5. the time period in the
    South when the former Confederate States were working to be readmitted to the
    United States
    Reconstruction
  6. The president's plan for reconstruction was to __________ the nation.
    heal
  7. The congressional reconstruction plan was intended to _____________ the South.
    punish
  8. The concept that the South's economy would be based on manufacturing, industry and agriculture is called the _________________
    New South
  9. Which amendment abolished slavery?
    13th amendment
  10. Which amendment extended the right to vote to all male citizens regardless of race?
    15th amendment
  11. Which amendment extended citizenship to all born in the US regardless of race?
    14th amendment
  12. The Congressional plan for reconstruction was to ____________ the South for secession.
    punish
  13. The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to
    return control of the South to the Democrats
  14. The main purpose of the Freemen's Bureau was
    to help the poor whites and former slaves
  15. The formal name for the Freedmen's Bureau was----
    the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Author
jfloteaches
ID
68459
Card Set
Reconstruction
Description
Reconstruction in Georgia
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