Reconstruction

4. The Reconstruction Act divided the South into five military districts and sent __________ _________ to oversee the establishment of new state governments. 231
7. ___________ _______________ wanted stricter regulations for Southern states to rejoin the Union, such as requiring 50% of the state to swear an oath of allegiance instead of only 10%. 224
8. Sharecropping led to many newly freed Black Americans and poor white Americans to remain stuck in a cycle of ____________ for generations. 250
9. state laws that limited the freedom of Black Americans 247
10. White southerners viewed __________________ as outsiders seeking to profit on the South’s misfortunes. 253
11. Andrew Johnson _____________ most Southerners who took an oath of allegiance to the Union. 230
12. The ____ Amendment abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime. 233
13. The ____ Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the United States. 233

1. The _____________ ___________ was created to assist the 4 million formerly enslaved individuals transition to freedom. 242
2. Southerners who embraced Northern ideas and considered traitors to the South were called _____________. 253
3. Many Southerners opposed the 15th amendment and devised tactics to disenfranchise Black Americans. These tactics included poll taxes, literacy tests, and other forms of Black Codes to hinder their ____________ rights. 247
5. To stop violence and aggression by the KKK, Congress passed the _____________ _____ of 1870. 255
6. Black _______________ emerged as prominent political figures in Louisiana, advocating for the rights and aspirations of the Black American community. 251
12. The ____ Amendment gave voting rights to Black men. 233