The End of the Civil War
How long was the civil war? (1861-1865)
4 years
From the beginning of the War, Lincoln had a plan for reconstruction.
Did Lincoln want to punish the south
no
The amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States.
The 13th Amendment
A farming system where families rented land in exchange for a share of their crops.
Sharecropping
The Reconstruction plan that required only 10% of Southern voters to agree to join back.
10% Plan
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to who at the Appomattox Courthouse?
General Ulysses S. Grant
Congressional Reconstruction: aimed to enforce civil rights and ensure equal protection to ______ _____ under the law.
African Americans
The amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection to everyone born in the U.S.
The 14th Amendment
The government agency set up to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed people.
Freedman's Bureau
The act that divided the South into 5 military districts and required them to make a new government with Black men.
The Reconstruction Act
How many Americans died in the Civil War?
620,000
requires only ___ former _____ ______ voters were to pledge an oath
10% of former Confederate state’s voters
The amendment that protected the right to vote regardless of race.
The 15th Amendment
The federal agency set up to help former slaves that was supposed to provide them with 40 acres of land.
Freedman's Bureau
The political party that completely controlled Congress during Radical Reconstruction.
Republican Party
How many soldiers died in the Civil War?
1 in 5 or (20%)
Federal troops withdrawn from the South that led to the rise of Jim Crow Laws
What is the Jim Crow Law?
enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised black voters. (reinstating systems of oppression and discrimination).
The legislative bill passed during Reconstruction stating that everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen.
Civil Rights Bill
The event or period when the military left the South, causing things to go back close to how they used to be.
End of Federal Intervention
The groundbreaking milestone reached in 1872 where Black citizens were first elected to these high federal positions.
The First Colored Senator and Representatives
How many people died per day?
504
What are the 3 names of the three plans
10% plan, Congressional Reconstruction, End of Federal Intervention (Redemption).
The political group in Congress that fought hardest to pass these three amendments.
The Radical Republicans
The violent white supremacist terrorist group formed in 1865 to prevent Black citizens from using their rights.
The Ku Klux Klan
The political agreement that settled the 1876 election and officially ended Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877