Abraham Lincoln and Andrew JohnSON
who took lincolns place after he was assasinated
Andrew johnson
who were the freedmen's bureau
a agency made to help African Americans
what was the kkk?
it was a group that killed AA and also removed rights using fear
when did radical reconstruction start?
March 1867
what was a carpetbagger?
someone moving somewhere for opportunity
what was the Gettysburg adress?
a honoring and remembering for the union soldiers that lost their lives
what was the 13th amendment
it abolished slavery
what was the grandfather clause
it said if your grandfather could vote you could to
what amendment went into action during this period?
the 15th amendment
was reconstruction really successful in the end
what did Johnson veto twin
Africans having equal rights
what was the 14th amendment?
gave AA'S Citizenship, due process, equal protection
was the kkk the only hate group what is the name of one of the other major groups?
the white liege was also a group
how long was this period?
10 years from 1867 to 1877
what was the new south
a growing industry
why was Lincoln shot and why at a theater?
he was shot because of southerners not agreeing with his plans and a theater so nobody would hear the shot
what was the 15th amendment
African Americans can vote
what was Jim crow? (the laws)
separate but equal
What happened after President Johnson was on trial
presidents couldn't fire cabinet officials without senate approval
what was the panic of 1873
failure in bank's which led to railroad decline
a bill that made it, so the south had to have at least 50% of southerners vote to not own slaves to be readmitted to the US
what were fredrick douglas views on slavery
slavery isn't over till the black man can vote
what were the major laws that affected AA the most?
the black codes
what was congressional reconstruction
it divided south into military districts untill the states rejoined the US
what was the compromise of 1877?
if Democrats agreed to accept Hayes’s victory, all federal troops would be removed from the South, funding, etc