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What did the 13th amendment do?
ended enslavement
What did the 14th amendment do?
Gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people. Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen.
What did the 15th amendment do?
Gave former enslaved men the right to vote.
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
to provide food, housing, medical aid, schooling, and legal help to former slaves
What was sharecropping?
Black people rented land from a white landowner and gave a portion of their crop as payment
Why was sharecropping a problem?
Many went into debt and continuously owed more money to landowners. Some were trapped in this cycle.
What was Reconstruction?
Reconstruction was a time period of rebuilding the South and re-admitting states after the Civil War. It lasted 12 years.
What were some challenges during Reconstruction?
Former enslaved people—need jobs, homes, money, rights, education. A lot of the South had been destroyed. People in government had different goals.
Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Which political party had control in Congress during most of the Reconstruction period?
Republicans ("Radical Republicans")
What would Radical Republicans in Congress do when Johnson vetoed their bills?
Override the veto with a 2/3 vote in each house
What is the term for laws that enforced segregation in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
Who passed Jim Crow Laws?
southern states and local governments
Waiting rooms in train stations were separate for white and Black people. This is an example of: 15th amendment OR Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
What is one way the right of Black people to vote was limited?
literacy tests, grandfather clause, poll tax, intimidation/threats
Give an example of a Jim Crow law or Black Code
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