Reconstruction Test Study Guide



Reconstruction Test Study Guide

Reconstruction

In 10 words or less, define Reconstruction.

Rebuilding American after the Civil War (from 1865-1877)

Who believed preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South?

Lincoln

Who believed freedmen should be granted a constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal voting rights?

Frederick Douglass

Who urged Southerners to stop fighting and reconcile with the North?

Robert E. Lee

Presidential Reconstruction:

What phrase best describes Presidential Reconstruction? Why?

“Forgive and Forget” – Lincoln and Johnson wanted to forgive the south. They believed preserving the union was more important than punishing the south.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Bans slavery in the US and its territories

What were black codes?

Laws based on slave codes meant to limit the citizenship of freedmen. Meant to keep freedmen in slave-like conditions.

Draw an emoticon that shows how each group of people would have felt during this stage and explain why.

|Freedmen |Radical Republicans |Southerners |

|Emoticon: |Emoticon: |Emoticon: |

|Happy/Sad |Angry |Angry |

|Explanation: Happy about the end of slavery and new |Explanation: |Explanation: They did not like the Freedmen’s Bureau,|

|rights. Sad about black codes |They wanted the South to be punished. |and the 13th Amendment. |

Congressional Reconstruction:

What phrase best describes Congressional Reconstruction? Why?

“Punish! Punish! Punish!” – The Radical Republicans took over and sent an army to the South to punish the South.

What did the 14th and 15th Amendments do?

14th- Grants citizenship and guarantees equal protection under the law.

15th- Grants the right to vote to all people (but not women yet)

What two things did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 say?

African Americans have equal rights and the army can enforce them.

In 7 words or less describe sharecropping.

Freedmen rented land (parts of plantations) for large share of crops.

What act broke the south into military districts?

The Military Reconstruction Act

Draw an emoticon that shows how each group of people would have felt during this stage and explain why.

|Freedmen |Radical Republicans |Southerners |

|Emoticon: |Emoticon: |Emoticon: |

|Happy and Sad |Happy |ANGRY |

|Explanation: Happy about the new rights, but sad |Explanation: Happy the south is being punished. |Explanation: Angry about the army and the new |

|about sharecropping. | |amendments. |

End of Reconstruction:

What do we mean when we say: “what was gained is lost and what was lost is regained”?

The rights freedmen gained during Reconstruction were lost through Jim Crow Laws. And the power the South had lost during Reconstruction was re-gained when the military left.

How did Reconstruction end? (What was the Compromise of 1877?)

Rutherford B. Hayes was given the Presidency in exchange for taking the military out of the South.

What did Jim Crow Laws do?

Made segregation practices official law in many Southern states and Communities.

What was the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests?

To prevent freedmen from being able to vote.

What was the most famous secret society? What kinds of things would they do?

The Ku Klux Klan. They would threaten and terrorize African Americans in the South using violence.

Draw an emoticon that shows how each group of people would have felt during this stage and explain why.

|Freedmen |Radical Republicans |Southerners |

|Emoticon: |Emoticon: |Emoticon: |

|SAD |Angry/Indifferent |Happy |

|Explanation: All of the rights freedmen gained were |Explanation: Angry about the KKK and Jim Crow, but |Explanation: Believe the New South is rising. |

|stripped away. Things got worse. |losing interest in Reconstruction. |Finally rid of the military. |

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| |13th, 14th, 15th Amendments |Military Reconstruction Act |Jim Crow Laws |

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| |Angry: these amendments gave freedmen more|Furious: the South did not want to follow |Great! Jim Crow laws left the South and |

|Southerners |rights (ex 13th banned slavery) |Reconstruction and did not like the north |freedmen the way they were before the war. |

|(Use one adjective to | |having the power to force them to. |Freedmen couldn’t even vote. |

|describe how you would | | | |

|feel about each | | | |

|policy/event and WHY?) | | | |

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| |Proud: they wanted to punish the South & |Excited: the military helped punish the South |Tired: they had tried and failed to fix the|

|Radical Republicans |give African Americans rights. These |and made sure the South was following |South. Former slaves found themselves only |

|(Use one adjective to |amendments helped freedmen |Reconstruction laws. |a little better than when they were slaves.|

|describe how you would | | | |

|feel about each | | | |

|policy/event and WHY?) | | | |

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| |Excited: each amendment gave freedmen more|Alright: they liked the military because they |Disheartened: Jim Crow laws took away their|

|Freedmen |rights. |made sure Southerners were treating the African|rights. |

|(Use one adjective to |(Use amendments to back up your answer!) |Americans fairly and were abiding by all | |

|describe how you would | |Reconstruction principles. | |

|feel about each | | | |

|policy/event and WHY?) | | | |

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