Lesson 1 "The Beginning of Reconstruction"

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Lesson 1 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Amnesty - a pardon granted by the government

Assassination - the killing of a politically important person

Oath - A pledge that promises loyalty to a government or other cause.

Reconstruction - rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

Black Codes - Codes that prevented African Americans form owning certain kinds of land, voting, and working certain skilled jobs

Freedmen - formerly enslaved people

Radical - extreme

Section Review Answers

1. States could come back when ten percent of their voters took an oath to support the United States.
2. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln.
3. The South was in ruins Plantations, roads, railways, and bridges were destroyed. Formerly enslaved people were without means of support. the Confederate money was worthless, and many people became poor overnight.
4. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery.
5. The Radical Republicans were against Reconstruction.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you explain President Lincoln's plan for reconstruction.

Are you able to describe the conflict between President Johnson and Congress over plans for Reconstruction?

Can you explain how the Black Codes restricted the activities of freedmen?

Lesson 2 "Johnson's Conflict with Congress Continues"

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Lesson 2 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Agency - an organization set up by the federal government

Due process - the formal process of justice carried out in a court of law

Lawsuit - a case brought before a court of law.

Civil rights - basic human rights given to all people.

Impeach - to remove a President form office because of misconduct

Misconduct - wrongdoing by someone holding a political or business position

Override - to reject or not accept.

Section Review Answers

1. The House of Representatives voted to impeach Andrew Johnson.
2. The Fourteenth Amendment said that African Americans had equal protection of the laws."
3. Most of the southern whites were Democrats.
4. Radical Republicans created their own Reconstruction plan.
5. Ulysses S. Grant was elected President in 1868.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you describe Congress's plan for Reconstruction.

Are you able to explain the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Are you able to identify the reasons Radical Republicans brought impeachment charges against President Johnson.

Can you describe the election of 1868?

Lesson 3 "Reshaping the South"

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Lesson 3 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Carpetbagger - Northerner elected to political office in the South who took advantage of people; carried belongings in carpetbags.

Corruption - using wrong or unlawful ways for financial gain.

Scalawag - white southerner who controlled the new politicians who had little government knowledge.

Sharecropper - a farmer who pays some of his or her crop to a landowner as rent.

Tenant farmer - a farmer who pays rent to a landowner for use of the land.

Segregate - to separate by race

Section Review Answers

1. Tenant farmers do not own the land they farm.
2. Carpet baggers often took advantage of southerners.
3. After the Civil War southern farmers grew cotton, tobacco, rice, pecans, peanuts, corn, wheat, fruits, and vegetables.
4. Sharecroppers very rearly became wealthy.
5. A strong iron and steel industry developed after the war.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you explain how the scalawags and carpetbaggers took advantage of the turmoil in the South?

Are you able to describe the tenant farming and sharecropping systems?

Lesson 4 "Reconstruction Ends"

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Lesson 4 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Grandfather clause -A clause that stated that any adult African-American male could vote if his grandfather was a registered voter on January 1, 1867.

Suffrage - the right to vote.

Administration - the period of time a President is in office.

Ku Klux Klan - A secret group against African Americans.

Scandal - a disgraceful event.

Centennial - a 100th year celebration.

Section Review Answers

1. A secret society called the Ku Klux Klan used violence to prevent African Americans from voting.
2. The presidency of Grant was marked by corruption.
3. After Reconstruction, most African Americans lost most of their rights.
4. The United States celebrated its centennial in 1876.
5. When federal troops left the South, Reconstruction ended.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you explain the Fifteenth Amendment and methods used by some southern states to prevent African Americans from voting?

Are you able to explain the problems of Grant's administration?

Can you describe how President Hayes ended Reconstruction?

 Preparing for Chapter 17 Test

Turn to Page 340 and read the article, "Advice to African-American Students ".

Turn to Page 341 and read the Chapter 17 summary.

On page 342-343 you will find the Chapter 17 review, complete the review.

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Chapter 17 Review answers

1. Fifteenth Amendment
2. Reconstruction
3. Andrew Johnson
4. Freedmen's Bureau
5. Fourteenth Amendment
6. sharecroppers
7. Exposition
8. impeachment
9. John Wilkes Booth
10. Ku Klux Klan
11. Civil Rights Act of 1866
12. Ulysses S. Grant
13. tenant farmers

The Comprehension: Understanding Main Ideas

1. The South was ruined. Many of the plantations, roads, bridges, and railways were destroyed. Confederate money was worthless, so banks failed and many wealthy people became poor overnight. Formerly enslaved people had no way to support themselves.
2. The "Radical Republicans," like many other northerners, wanted to punish the southern states because of all the trouble that was caused by the Civil War.
3. After the Civil War, thousands of formerly enslaved people were without jobs and had no way to support themselves. The government established the bureau to provide aid to these people and some white southerners.
4. Enslaved Africans were freed, so landowners could not make them work as slaves. Large plantations were broken down into smaller plots. Sharecroppers, usually formerly enslaved people, worked the land and gave a portion of their crops to the landowner in exchange for food and supplies. Tenant farmers rented their farms and paid the landowner money or crops for rent.
5. Grant was not a good politician. He chose friends to help him run the government, and many of these friends were corrupt. The country was in a depression for most of Grant's second term. He also had all the problems associated with Reconstruction

Congratulations you finished the Chapter 17!!