SS Terms #4

Millions of former slaves who left the South and moved to the North in search of jobs and less discrimination after the Civil War.

• Reconstruction

• Great Migration

• Grandfather Clause

• Freedman's Bureau

Millions of former slaves who left the South and moved to the North in search of jobs and less discrimination after the Civil War.

• Reconstruction

• Great Migration

• Sharecropping

• Black Codes

Which amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. and freed slaves?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment gave full citizenship to all people born in the U.S?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment extended the right to vote to male African Americans?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

A secret society of White Southerners in the U.S. formed after the Civil War that had the goal of keeping African Americans from exercising their rights by using violence and fear.

• Reconstruction

• Ku Klux Klan

• Freedman's Bureau

• Black Codes

Agency that helped former slaves transition to freedom by offering medical care, clothing, education, land, jobs.

• Carpet Baggers

• Ku Klux Klan

• Freedman's Bureau

• Literacy Test

System of farming in which the farmer works the land for an owner who provides equipment, seeds, and receives a share of the crop.

• Carpet Baggers

• Sharecroppers

• Black Codes

Name given to northern whites who moved to the South after the Civil War and supported the Republicans in order to gain power.

• Carpet Baggers

• Sharecroppers

• Ku Klux Klan

A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring voters to read and write at a specific level.

• Sharecroppers

• Black Codes

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test