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Social Studies Test 1 Reconstruction
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History
5th Grade
09/08/2009

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Term
Reconstruction begins at the end of which war?
Definition
Civil War
Term
What were the goals or Reconstution?
Definition
To rebuild the south
Term
Why was Reconstrution needed?
Definition
To get things back in order
Term
Who was the US president that created the first Reconstrution plan?
Definition
Abraham Linlcon
Term
What was the 10% percent plan?
Definition
State voters had to promise to be loayal to Unoin
Term
How did Abraham Linlcons assassination affect the plan of Reconstrution?
Definition
He enspired a better plan
Term
What plan did Andrew Johnson create?
Definition
To go easy on south
Term
What plan did the Radical Republicans
create?
Definition
Against Linlcons plan
Term
Which amendment ended slavery?
Definition
The 13th Amendment
Term
Which amendment did not deny the right
to vote?
Definition
the 15 Amendment
Term
Which amendment gaurenteed citizenship
Definition
The 14th Amendment
Term
Describe Sharecropping
Definition
grow food on someone elses land
Term
Who benefited the most from sharecropping?
Definition
African Americans
Term
Who benefited the LEAST from sharecropping?
Definition
Poor Whites
Term
Why did plantation owners decide to begin sharecropping?
Definition
To keep slaves on the plantations
Term
What was the economy like in the south during reconstruction?
Definition
destroyed, out of order
Term
What was the purpose of the KKK?
Definition
Exconferate soldiers make things harder for blacks
Term
What services did the Freeman's Bureau provide?
Definition
food, schools, and medical care
Term
What term was used to describe poor whites in agreement with the Republican government?
Definition
Scalawags
Term
What term was used to describe Northerners who took advantage of the South?
Definition
Carpet Baggers
Term
What was the name of the laws created to keep African Americans workign on plantations?
Definition
Black Codes
Term
How was discrimination against African Americans evident in the North?
Definition
Segregated neighborhoods
Term
What were poll taxes?
Definition
restricted African Americans the right to vote
Term
Which laws mandate segregation?
Definition
Jim Crow Laws
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