Reconstructing the American South

Problems & Solutions After the Civil War

VDOE SOL: U.S.II.3A

Amendments

13th: Freed Slaves 14th: Gave citizenship 15th: Gave right to vote

Jim Crow

Part I: Legislation

Reconstruction

Emancipation Proclamation

Suffrage

Grandfather Clause

Jim Crow

Terms to Know

13th Amendment: 1865

Freedom for African American Slaves

14th Amendment: 1868

Representatives,Citizenship Rights,Debt from Civil War

Vote for every

person of color or previous occupation

15th Amendment: 1870

Jim Crow

Negative Southern Response to Reconstruction