What is Reconstruction ?
Time after the Civil War to rebuild nation
What were Jim Crow laws ?
Laws that segregated the freed slaves from others
What were Black Codes ?
Laws passed to restrict freed slaves rights
3 amendments from Reconstruction ?
13,14,15
Why was there military Reconstruction ?
Be sure laws were enforced protecting rights of freed slaves
What was the Freedman's Bureau ?
Organization to help freed slaves adjust to life
Where did freed slaves settle after war ?
Some north, some remained in south as tenant farmers and sharecroppers, others west, and as buffalo soldiers
How did the south discriminate against freedmen ?
Jim Crow laws and Black Codes ie: literacy tests to vote, separate facilities
What was the KKK ?
Group intended to threaten and harm freed slaves