Reconstruction: Freedom Amendments 1) In a nutshell, what was the Civil War? ___________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) How did the struggle against racism continue after the Civil War? _____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Put the text of the 13th Amendment into your own words… Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Put the text of the 14th Amendment into your own words… Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Put the text of the 15th Amendment into your own words… Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Describe the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau. _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) What was President Johnson’s role in Reconstruction? ______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Describe the meaning of the Andrew Johnson political cartoon… ________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Reconstruction: The Ku Klux Klan 1) During which decades were the KKK especially active? _______________________________________________ 2) Describe the origins of the KKK __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) What did the KKK do? What were the known for? __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Who was Nathan Bedford? ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) How is the KKK similar to Nazism? _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Here are Twenty Reasons WHY you should, if qualified, join, aid and support the White Knights of the KU KLUX KLAN of Mississippi: 9. Because it is an organization that is sworn to uphold the lawful Constitution of the United States of America. 10. Because it is composed of native-born, white, gentile, protestant American citizens who are sound of mind and of good moral character. 11. Because goals of the KKK are the total segregation of the races. 16. Because a Christian-like brotherhood among men must be revived. 17. Because on of the goals of the KKK is States' Rights and complete State Sovereignty. 20. Because the KKK needs you today to help fight America's battles 6) Why would Klan members oppose voting rights, freedoms, and progress of black citizens? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) In addition to furthering views of white superiority, what other causes does the Klan stand for? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reconstruction: Black Codes 1) What were “Black Codes” and what was their purpose? ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Summarize section 1 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Summarize section 3 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Summarize section 4 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Summarize section 5 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Summarize section 6 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Summarize section 7 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Summarize section 8 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Summarize section 9 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10) Summarize section 11 of the 1865 Louisiana black codes __________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reconstruction: Jim Crow Era 1) Where does the term “Jim Crow” come from? ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) What were Jim Crow laws? ___________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) How did Jim Crow laws apply to other racial groups? ________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What does the term “buffalo solider” refer to? ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) How did Jim Crow laws clash with the 15th Amendment? ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) What was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Who was Booker T. Washington? ______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Who was W.E.B. DuBois? _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Who was Hiram Revels? ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reconstruction: The Great Migration 1) Define Slavery: ________________________________________________________________________ 2) Define Tenant Farming: _________________________________________________________________ 3) Define Sharecropping: __________________________________________________________________ 4) In which areas was sharecropping most prevalent? __________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Define the Great Migration _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Where did many former slaves from the south move to (list at least 5 northern cities)? _________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) What conclusions can be drawn from the movement of blue dots on the map? _______________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Describe the Harlem Renaissance ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Who was Langston Hughes? _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10) Who was Louis Armstrong? ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________
