Political Figures
Who was Thaddeus Stevens?
A radical republican that believed in full reconstruction of the South.
What does impeach mean?
To charge with wrongdoing -- a fundamental component of the system of "checks and balances"
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What were black codes?
Slavery in disguise. Laws and rules that controlled freed men and women in a similar way to slavery.
Which amendment did Southern states have to ratify before they could rejoin the Union?
Thirteenth amendment
Who was Blanche K. Bruce
One of two African American senators from Mississippi between 1870 and 1880.
What is amnesty? How was it used in the 1870s?
A political pardon. Congress pardoned most former Confederates.
What was the rival plan to President Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?
The Wade-Davis Bill
What did freed people want most?
Education and land
What is the Thirteenth amenment?
Amendment to the US Constitution that outlawed slavery/indentured servitude to all non-criminals in the US.
Who was Hiram Revels?
The other African American senator from Mississippi elected in 1870.
What does override mean in a political context?
To defeat a veto. Republicans in Congress had enough votes to override President Johnson's vetoes of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act.
What did President Lincoln grant to all white Southerners except Confederate leaders?
Amnesty
What agency helped freed African Americans by establishing schools?
Freedmen's Bureau
What amendment states that no state could take away a citizen's life, liberty, and property "without due process of law"?
Fourteenth amendment
Who became president after Andrew Johnson's impeachment?
Ulysses S. Grant, a Civil War hero for the Union, fought hard to preserve the rights of freedmen in the South but was also afraid of starting another Civil War.
Which amendment grants full citizenship to all individuals born in the U.S.?
Fourteenth Amendment
Where was Lincoln assassinated? What play was he viewing?
Ford Theater watching Our American Cousin.
What was radical reconstruction?
A time when republicans in Congress easily overrode Johnson's vetoes and took charge of Reconstruction.
What is the Fifteenth amendment?
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Define scalawags and carpetbaggers
Scalawags: Southerners who opposed successing in the first place and supported Republicans.
Carpetbaggers: Northerners who moved South after the war.
Which act did Congress pass to prohibit the president from removing government officials without Senate's approval?
Tenure of Office Act
Who was assumed the presidency after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Which Southern state refused to integrate schools?
Mississippi
What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
The Bill of Rights