reconstruction
Important Vocabulary
Reconstruction: a period when there was lots of political, economic, and social rebuilding in the south
Impeach: to not follow an action from congress
13th Amendment: abolished slavery
14th Amendment: gave citizenship to all the freedmen
15th Amendment: gave African american the right to vote
Jim Crow Laws: they were racial segregation laws and standard in the south
Impeach: to not follow an action from congress
13th Amendment: abolished slavery
14th Amendment: gave citizenship to all the freedmen
15th Amendment: gave African american the right to vote
Jim Crow Laws: they were racial segregation laws and standard in the south
free citizens vote
a mile in their shoes
Ex-confederate soldierFacts:
property destroyed because of the reconstruction war 2.slaves were freed 3.states rights were ruined Quote: "Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.” -Robert E. Lee, addressing his soldiers at Appomattox freedmanFacts:
1. used to be slaves 2. the black codes passed 3. received 40 acres of land and a mule Quote: "No Parties…will be allowed to live together as husband and wife until their marriage has been legally solemnized." - The Freedmen’s Bureau |
carpetbaggerFacts:
1.investor from the north, traveled south after war reconstruction 2. work with scalawags 3.purchase properties for taxes Quote:"There has been much opposition to the School. Twice I have been shot at in my room. Some of my night-school scholars have been shot but none killed. A week ago an aged freedman was shot so badly as to break his arm and leg -- just across the way. The rebels here threatened to burn down the school and house in which I board before the first month was passed. Yet they have not materially harmed us. The nearest military Jurisdiction is two hundred miles distant at New Orleans." -- Edmonia Highgate, a teacher in Louisiana, Dec. 17th, 1866 womenFacts:
1.had to work on the homestead and farm 2.little, to no rights 3.everywhere in the US Quotes:“Of all the desolate conditions of the human heart, few can compare with the feeling that you have no country, no flag, an exile in the land of your birth.” -Annie Harper |