social studies week one fifth grade. what was the standard for rejoining the union under lincoln’s...
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Social Studies
Week One
Fifth Grade
What was the standard for rejoining the Union
under Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?
A state would abolish slavery and ten
percent of voters would take a loyalty
oath.
What did Lincoln hope to accomplish with his Reconstruction Plan?
The Union would be reunited in a fair,
quick manner without the
use of military force.
How did Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan differ from Lincoln’s?
He wanted to punish the Southern elite by making
plantation owners ask for a Presidential
pardon.
How did most southerners feel about
African Americans after the Civil War?
They were willing to recognize the end to
slavery, but they didn’t want African Americans to have the same rights
as they did.
What did most African Americans want
during Reconstruction?
They wanted to reunite their families and set up
communities where they could live and work as citizens. They
wanted to improve the education for their children.
What was the primary effect of the Thirteenth
Amendment?
It outlawed slavery in every state
What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?
It gave African Americans citizenship and protection of their
rights.
The 15th Amendment declared what?
Former slaves and people of color have
the right to vote.
What federal agency was established to
help protect the rights of slaves and help them find jobs and
homes?
Freedmen’s Bureau
How did Southerners react to the 13th, 14,
and 15th amendments?
Since Southerners were not ready to accept African
Americans as equals, they began passing laws called Black Codes which limited the former slaves’ rights.
What often happened to African Americans
who left the plantation to
find a better life?
They had to return to the plantations because they were not able to make a
life for themselves on their own.
Where did most African Americans live right after the Civil War?
They lived in the South and did not start moving to
the North and West until late 1800’s and early
1900’s.
What terrorist group of whites was formed to
intimidate Blacks so they would not stand up for their rights as citizens?
The Ku Klux Klan
During Reconstruction, what was its name of the agency that built schools
and hospitals to help serve the needs of former
slaves?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What was the agreement former slaves made with white landowners to farm
the land for a share of the profit made from the
crop?
sharecropping
What was the term used to call Northerners who came to the South to
take advantage of Reconstruction policies?
Carpetbaggers
What was the promise made to freed slaves
after the Civil War that was not kept by the government?
African Americans were promised “40 Acres and a mule” to help them get
established as new citizens of the U.S.
Why did sharecropping become common after
the Civil War?
Many people needed land to farm in order to make a living. This benefited
the plantation owner and the sharecropper.
Why didn’t sharecropping work?
The sharecroppers did not make enough money from their
portion of the crop to pay
their bills.
What did Southerners call other Southerners who cooperated with
the federal government?
Scalawags
Why did many white farmers leave the
farms and seek work in factories?
Cotton depleted the soil so it would no longer grow. The boll weevil also ruined the cotton crops, so it was no
longer profitable.
What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws and
poll taxes?
To keep African Americans from
having any rights as citizens
What did the Black Code laws intended to
do ?
Continue segregation in some Southern states
What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
To use intimidation, violence and voter fraud to keep African Americans from
exercising their rights under the 13th, 14th and 15th
Amendments
What things did the Jim Crow laws make
mandatory?
Separate schools, housing, and seating in theaters
and on trains
What was the “Grandfather Clause” of the Jim Crow
laws?
It was part of the law that was passed that said anyone who couldn’t read, couldn’t vote. Whites who couldn’t read got around this by adding to the law that if your grandfather could read, then you could
vote.