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CONGRESS TAKES
CHARGE
THE RECONSTRUCTION ACTS
1)
In 1867, Congress passes the 1st of the
RECONSTRUCTION ACTS
________________________________________
All states not complying with 14th Amendment would
MILITARY RULE
be under ____________________
WHITE
All qualified adult _____________
males and
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES
_________________________________
could
vote.
CONFEDERATE OFFICE
Those who had held ________________________
would not be able to vote.
CONFEDERACY
Whites who supported the __________________
could not vote.
14TH
Southern states had to approve the _______
Amendment before being readmitted to the
Union.
2)
Johnson did not like the RECONSTRUCTION
_____________
Acts and stated they gave the
GOVERNMENT
_____________
too much power. He also
did not want to punish former
_____________officers.
CONFEDERATE
REPUBLICANS
3) ______________controlled
most
of the new southern state
governments.
4) Republicans in the South =
AFRICAN AMERICANS, NORTHERNERS WHO MOVED
___________________________
TO SOUTH, AND SOME WHITE SOUTHERNERS
__________________________
5) Republicans passed laws against
SEGREGATION
___________.
SEGREGATION
Existed in 1960s too
6) New governments set up
________________________
and tried to
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS
BUSINESSES
bring ______________________
and
JOBS
____________
to the South
7)
Northerners who moved to the south were
CARPETBAGGERS
called __________________________
because of the ____________________
they
SUITCASES
brought.
Many Southerners felt these people came just
MONEY
to make _______________,
but they did set up
_______________________
and
RAILROADS
SCHOOLS
______________________
8) Another group disliked by Southerners:
____________,
SCALAWAGS which meant
LIAR
TROUBLEMAKER
“_______”
or “_______________”
WHITE SOUTHERNERS
These people were ________________________
RECONSTRUCTION
were supported _________________________
BUSINESS PEOPLE
Many of these people were __________________
and _______________
SMALL FARMERS
9) Confederates blamed scalawags for allowing
NORTHERNERS
_____________________
and
__________________
AFRICAN
AMERICANS to hold political office.
10)
3 ways in which southern states
tried to prevent African Americans
from voting:
1) Literacy Test – can you read
and write?
2) Poll Tax = Pay to vote
3) Grandfather clause – If your
grandfathers could vote, then
you can vote
These all gave way to the passage of the
15th Amendment – the right to vote
13th 14th and 15th Amendments

13th (1865) – Slavery is forbidden in the
United States
14th (1868) – People who are born in the
U.S. or who are granted citizenship in the
U.S. are citizens of the United States. No
state can take away their rights as citizens
15th (1870) – No one shall be denied the
right to vote on the basis of race, color or
previous condition of servitude
VOCABULARY
Impeach – to accuse a high public official of
a crime
Segregation – the separation of people by
race
Carpetbagger – a name for a Northerner
who went to the South after the Civil War
Scalawag – a name for a white Southerner
who supported Reconstruction
government