Reconstruction Vocabulary

In your own words, explain how these terms and people relate to the Reconstruction era in the United States, 1866-1876:

1. Reconstruction   2. sharecropper   3. scalawag   4. Charles Sumner   5. Andrew Jackson   6. Presidential Reconstruction   7. Congressional Reconstruction   8. Radical Republican   9. carpetbagger   10. "40 acres and a mule"   11. Freedman's Bureau   12. impeachment   13. Black codes   14. Hiram Revels

Black Codes

In the aftermath of the Civil War, the Southern states passed a series of "Black Codes" that restricted the rights and opportunities for the freed slaves. With you partner, review the handout containing excerpts from the 1865 Mississippi Black Codes. For each of the sections, put the main idea of the law into your own words.