Important People
The first president of the Reconstruction era. He was assassinated at Ford's theatre
Abraham Lincoln
A White supremacist organization aimed at terrorizing African-Americans to prevent them from exercising their rights
The KKK
This amendment abolished the practice of slavery in the U.S.
The 13th Amendment
The process of rebuilding the country after the Civil War was known as
Reconstruction
This group won the Civil War
The Union/North
The president that succeeded Abraham Lincoln after his assassination. He was almost impeached by the Congress and only served one term.
Andrew Johnson
Another word that means the right to vote
Suffrage/Enfranchisement
These were a series of petty laws passed in the South aimed at preventing African Americans from exercising their newfound rights. These laws often included barring acts like congregating or preaching.
Black Codes
An event wherein the Congress attempted to remove president Johnson from office
Impeachment
The location where president Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theatre
A famous civil war general turned president of the United States. His presidential term included many scandals and undermined the progress of Reconstruction.
Ulysses S Grant
A system of farming similar to feudalism wherein the farmer becomes indebted to a landowner in exchange for a plot of land and tools. The name derives from the practice of sharing a percentage of profits.
Sharecropping
This amendment granted the right to vote to all men
The 15th Amendment
Lincoln's plan to rebuild the Union. Prewar voters needed to take an oath of allegiance to the Union to be readmitted.
The 10% Plan
This organization was organized to help former slaves and poor whites in the South after the war ended.
The Freedmen's Bureau
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln for his role in emancipating the slaves.
John Wilkes Booth
This term was used to refer to a person who traveled South after the Civil War to promote the Republican party
Carpetbagger
This proposed law banned discriminating against American citizens based on race. It was vetoed by Andrew Johnson, but later overturned by the Congress.
The Civil Rights Act
This compromise ended Reconstruction, allowing the Southern Democrats to regain control of governments in the South in exchange for a Republican president
The Compromise of 1877
the first state to reenter the Union, also where Andrew Johnson held office before the war.
Tennessee
A radical republican member of the Congress. He was famous for advocating for the Civil Rights Bill and pushing equality for African Americans
Thaddeus Stevens
This term refers to any Southerner who aided the Republican party in the South after the Civil War.
Scalawag
This amendment provided all natural born Americans with citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
The 14th Amendment
Infamous scandal during president Ulysses S Grants term in which the government was caught accepting bribes by Whiskey distillers to not pay excise taxes
The Whiskey Ring
This bill overruled Lincoln's 10% Plan by requiring 50% of the Southern state's prewar voters pledge allegiance to the Union to be readmitted.
The Wade-Davis Bill