Early Reconstruction
Who lost more soldiers in the war, the North or the South?
the North
Laws that severely limited the rights of freed African Americans
black codes
Racist secret society that worked to keep African Americans and white Republicans out of office
Ku Klux Klan
This deal was made as a way to settle the disputed presidential election of 1876
The Compromise of 1877
This amendment banned slavery throughout the United States
13th
Newly liberated slaves were known as
freedmen
Name the two goals of Radical Republicans
2.) Ensure that freedmen received the right to vote
Type of farmers who rented and farmed a plot of land in exchange for a share of the crop at harvest time
sharecroppers
Name the Republican governor of Ohio who was eventually installed as President after the election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
Name at least two of the issues the Southern governments faced during the Reconstruction period
High taxes
Widespread corruption
Greater worldwide competition in agriculture
Lincoln's plan for reconstruction was known as
Ten Percent Plan
This amendment voided the Dred Scott decision of 1857 and defined citizens as "all persons born or naturalized in the United States."
14th
Name the three groups that gained power in Southern politics during Radical Reconstruction
White Southern Republicans
Northerners
African Americans
As part of the deal to settle the election of 1876, Hayes agreed to do what once in office?
End Reconstruction
laws that mandated separation of races in the South, in places such as schools, restaurants, theaters, were known as
Jim Crow laws
This government agency was founded to help former slaves
The Freedmen's Bureau
These acts, passed in 1867, threw out the state governments that refused to ratify the 14th amendment and established Military districts
Reconstruction Act / Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867
First African American elected as Senator (finished Jefferson Davis's unfinished term)
Hiram Revel
Name two methods that Southern states used to suppress African American voting
poll taxes, literacy tests
Black Union soldiers serving on the Western frontier during the Reconstruction period were known as
Buffalo Soldiers
This Confederate supporting actor assassinated President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The Radical Republicans were led by which two Republican politicians?
Congressman Tjaddeis Stevens and Senator Charles Sumner
First African American elected to a full term in the U.S Senate
Blanche K. Bruce
This Supreme Court case established the concept of "separate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
justice; to be left alone, free to succeed or fail on his own merits