Reconstruction Study Guide 1) What does Reconstruction mean? 2

ReconstructionStudyGuide
1) WhatdoesReconstructionmean?
2) WhatdidtheThirteenthAmendmentdo?
3) WhatwerethethreeissuesfacedduringReconstruction?
4) Whowerethefreedmen?
5) WhatdoesitmeanwhenIsayLincolnhadpremonitionsofhisdeath?(Assignment#6)
6) Whatdoesassassinatedmean?
7) Whoaresomeotherfamousindividualswhohavebeenassassinated?
8) WhoassassinatedLincoln?
9) Whatdoesconspiracymean?
10)WhatdidBoothbelievewouldhappenifthekillingofLincolnandtheotherswas
successful?(Assignment#6)
11)HowdidBoothgetintotheboxwithoutanyonebeingsuspicious?(Assignment#6)
12)ExplainwhyBoothyelled,“SicSemperTyranniis”whenhelandedonthestage.
(Assignment#6)
13)WhathappenedtoBooth?Whathappenedtothemajorityofhisconspirators?
(Assignment#6)
14)WhobecamepresidentwhenLincolndied?
15)WhywashechosentobeLincoln’svice-presidentinthe1864election?(Assignment#7)
16)WhatmademanyRepublicansangryaboutJohnsonandhisplanofReconstruction?
17)Whatdoeslenientmean?
18)Whatdoesamnestymean?
19)WhatweresouthernstatesallowedtodounderAndrewJohnson’slenientreconstruction
plan?
20)WhatwereBlackCodes?
21)GivesomeexamplesofBlackCodes?
22)Whatweresharecroppers?
23)Whydidmanyfreedmenfindthemselvesinacycleofpovertyaftertheywerefreed?
24)Whatorganizationwasestablishedtohelpthefreedmen?
25)Givesomeexamplesofhowithelpedthefreedmen?
26)Whatothergroup/organizationhelpedtheFreedmenwitheducation?(Assignment#7)
27)WhatCongressmanledthe“Radical”Republicans?
28)WhatwerethetwogoalsoftheRadicalRepublicanswhiledealingwithJohnson’sPlan?
29)Whatdoesimpeachmean?
30)Whatotherpresidenthasbeenimpeached?
31)WhatdidtheReconstructionActsdo?
32)WhowasputinchargeoftheSouthernstates?
33)WhatwastheFourteenthAmendment?
34)Whatisacarpetbagger?(Assignment#7)
35)Whatisascalawag?(Assignment#7)
36)What3tacticsdidSouthernstatesusetopreventfreedmenfromvoting?
37)WhatwastheKuKluxKlan?Whatwastheirmaingoal?
38)WhatweresomeofthetacticstheKlanusedagainstthefreedmanandRepublicansinthe
South?
39)WhatwasUlyssesS.Grant’sgreatestsuccessaspresident?
40)WhatdidtheFifteenthAmendmentsay?GiveareasonwhymanyRepublicanssupported
thisamendment?
41)WhobecamepresidentintheCompromiseof1877?Whatdidhedotoofficiallyend
Reconstruction?
42)WhatlawsdidtheSouthernDemocratsputintoplacewhentheyregainedcontrolofthe
southernstatesafterReconstruction?
43)Whatdoessegregationmean?
44)WhatSupremeCourtcaseupheldsegregationlawsintheSouth?
45)Whattechnicality(phrase)allowedsegregationlawstobepassedintheSouth?
46)Knowthedistricts-
47)Explainthispicture–