Reconstruction Facts & Plans
Secret Society formed in the south after Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Abolished Slavery in the US
13th
Year Lincoln was elected that caused South Carolina to secede from the Union
1860
This refers to Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War. They were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
Carpetbaggers
This political party opposed Andrew Johnson, and had more inclusive plans for reconstruction
The (Radical) Republicans
This system had a farmer utilize land belonging to another and kept them in a cycle of debt.
Sharecropping
Gave former slaves citizenship
14th
He was Lincoln's VP
Andrew Johnson
Government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves.
Freedmen's Bureau
Laws passed in South directly after the Civil war aimed at controlling and exploiting newly freed African Americans.
Black Codes
This Amendment gave (almost) all citizens the right to vote
15th
Elected President under sketchy circumstances (thus ending Reconstruction in the South.)
Rutherford B. Hayes
Reconstruction Started in this year
1865
The first African American to serve as a senator.
Hiram Revels
Assured all citizens would receive "Due Process" including African Americans
14th
Pictured on the $50, he served under Lincoln as a Civil War General.
Grant