Important vocab.
Reconstruction: the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed
Impeach: call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice)
13th Amendment: declared the slaves free
14th Amendment: citizens rights and equal protection for the people
15th Amendment: declared the slaves could vote
Jim Crow laws: laws enacted after reconstruction and seperated whites and blacks for certain places
Impeach: call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice)
13th Amendment: declared the slaves free
14th Amendment: citizens rights and equal protection for the people
15th Amendment: declared the slaves could vote
Jim Crow laws: laws enacted after reconstruction and seperated whites and blacks for certain places
Free Citizens Vote
13th Amendment= "Free"
14th Amendment= "Citizens"
15th Amendment= "Vote"
14th Amendment= "Citizens"
15th Amendment= "Vote"
a mile in their shoes
Soldier: States' rights and a different country are their concerns
Their families might be changed
Their life's might be threatened
Quote:
"How can a soldier be proud of the country he defends while at the same time opposed to the cause he is fighting for?" -John S. Mosby
Carpetbagger:Your bags are made from carpet
An Investor coming from the North seeking economic gains from the southern reconstruction governments
You mainly purchase property for taxes
Quote:
"I've just traveled into Virginia and all seems destroyed and as I go along trails and paths and only find rubble and need someone where I can buy land from"
Freedman: Needs shelter and their family
A free slave
Government made black codes
Quote:
"As each day passes I travel far to find my family, clothes, food, and medicine the harshes thing about after slavery is the "black codes" limting my every move"
Women: They had to support the soldiers
Had to take care of the house and farm
Usually cleaned, sewed, and worked in the fields
Quote:
"I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last."
Jeannette Rankin
Their families might be changed
Their life's might be threatened
Quote:
"How can a soldier be proud of the country he defends while at the same time opposed to the cause he is fighting for?" -John S. Mosby
Carpetbagger:Your bags are made from carpet
An Investor coming from the North seeking economic gains from the southern reconstruction governments
You mainly purchase property for taxes
Quote:
"I've just traveled into Virginia and all seems destroyed and as I go along trails and paths and only find rubble and need someone where I can buy land from"
Freedman: Needs shelter and their family
A free slave
Government made black codes
Quote:
"As each day passes I travel far to find my family, clothes, food, and medicine the harshes thing about after slavery is the "black codes" limting my every move"
Women: They had to support the soldiers
Had to take care of the house and farm
Usually cleaned, sewed, and worked in the fields
Quote:
"I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last."
Jeannette Rankin