Life on the Homefront
Early Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
Vocab. Mash-Up
100
Lincoln's original plan for Reconstruction in the South.
What is 10% Plan.
100
Lincoln's VP who became President upon his assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson.
100

Northerners who came to the South to take advantage of the poor economic situation..

What are carpetbaggers?

200
This man shot and killed President Lincoln, marking the first successful presidential assassination in US history.
Who is John Wilkes Booth.
200
Amendment that guaranteed all African Americans the right to vote in local, state, and federal elections.
What is 15th Amendment.
200
The final phase of Union victory, led by Gen. William T. Sherman.
What is March to the Sea.
300

Document written by President Lincoln that freed all slaves in areas of rebellion.

What is Emancipation Proclamation.

300
This amendment permanently ended slavery in the United States.
What is 13th Amendment.
300

DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name the the law President Johnson violated that led to his impeachment.

What is the Tenure of Office Act.

300
Type of tax created in the south to limit the ability of blacks to vote.
What is Poll Tax.
400

Law passed by Congress that officially instituted the draft to help replenish the Union Army.

What is Conscription Act.

400
Government agency responsible for administering reconstruction policies in southern governments.
What is Freedman's Bureau.
400

Agricultural system meant to keep blacks in situation similar to slavery.

What is Sharecropping?

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!! What TWO terms refer to the southern laws created to restrict Blacks from their rights?

What were Black Codes and Jim Crow laws?

500

Economic recession that contributed to the Federal government's abandonment of Reconstruction.

What is Panic of 1873 or Depression of 1873?

500

The Freedman's Bureau established this for formerly enslaved people.

Public education for Black Americans.
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