The U.S. President who disagreed with Congress over Reconstruction policy
Andrew Johnson
Jim Crow
Joe Biden
15
Supreme Court decision that said public facilities can be segregated because they are “separate but equal.” This made segregation legal in the U.S.
Black Codes
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Jim Crow Laws
15
The separation or discrimination of a society usually based on race (separation of the races)
Sharecropping
Reconstruction
Segregation
15
If your grandfather voted before 1869, then you could vote
15th Amendment
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
15
These are segregation laws that were passed throughout the U.S. to divide society by race (separate bathrooms, seating sections, water fountains, etc.)
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Literacy Test
15
Requirement that you had to read a section of the Constitution and write an explanation about it in order to be able to vote
Literacy Test
Ten-Percent Plan
Black Codes
15
After the war, former slaves signed contracts with former masters to work their land in exchange for land they can work themselves, housing and other supplies.
Sharecropping
Poll Tax
Ten-Percent Plan
15
The period after the Civil War when the U.S. government, economy and society is rebuilt.
Segregation
Reconstruction
Freedman’s Bureau
15
This amendment officially banned slavery in the U.S.
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15
This amendment gave all MEN that are citizens the right to vote (except for the Native Americans)
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
15
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the U.S. (except for the Native Americans)
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
15
A group that used fear, violence and hangings. Their goal was to prevent African Americans from exercising their new civil rights (especially the right to vote)
Freedman’s Bureau
Jim Crow Laws
Ku Klux Klan
15
Southern states passed laws that restricted freed slaves. They could not vote or serve on a jury.
Ten-Percent Plan
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
15
A government agency set up to provide former slaves with food, clothing, education and shelter.
Ku Klux Klan
Sharecropping
Freedman’s Bureau
15
10% of a state population had to swear loyalty to the U.S. before that state could rejoin the Union.
