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What is a sharecropper
Black Americans who farmed land in return for a portion of the value of the crop.
What is the name given to northern whites who went south to start businesses or to pursue political careers during Reconstruction?
carpetbaggers
What were scalawags
Name given to Southern whites who had opposed secession
What do we call a pardon for a group of people?
amnesty
What is a poll tax?
A personal tax to be paid before voting
What amendment banned the use of slavery and forced labor?
13th
What did the 14th Amendment say?
All people born or naturalized in the US are citizens
What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal during the beginning of Reconstruction
Quickly restore the Union
How did the grandfather clause restrict voting?
It only allowed people to vote if their grandfathers voted in 1867 and back. African Americans weren't given the right to vote in the South until after 1868.
What became a point of conflict during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans and President Andrew Johnson on the plan for Reconstruction.
Define segregation
enforced separation of races
Why did people call the South the "New South," during the 1880s
Because of the new industries appearing causing an industrial growth
What part of the South's economy began recovery first during Reconstruction
agriculture
Why did sharecroppers (most of them) live in poverty?
They often owed landlords more than they made at the end of the year.
What was the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
The Court said that a law could require "separate" facilities, so long as they were "equal."
Name 3 methods southern states used to prevent African Americans from being treated equal.
The grandfather clause, poll tax, literacy tests, Jim Crow laws, sharecropping, segregation, black codes, KKK
