Laws
Andrew Johnson was impeached for vilotaing this law
This amendment established natural citizenship and guaranteed rights to US citizens
14th
These were Northerners that moved to the South to take economic advantage of the post-war situation.
Carpetbaggers
Group of Politicians during Reconstruction that wanted to punich the South for its' actions during the Civil War
Radical Republicans
This is the term that describes the right to vote
Suffrage
The Grant administration violated many laws when this alcohol scandal went down.
The Whiskey Ring Scandal
This amendment stated that all men had the right to vote
15th
These were Southerners that supported Northern legislation during the Reconstruction Era
Scalawags
This is when the President has the right to regect or nullify a law
Veto
This law prohibited anyone from voting who could not pay a government tax
Poll Tax
This law setteled the close election of 1876 and officially ended the Era of Reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
This amendment abolished slavery in the US
13th
Members of the hate organization terrorized newly freed slaves in the South and used methods to intimidate these individuals from voting
Ku Klux Klan
A term that one politician used to describe the scandals during the Grant administration
"Grantism"
This law established a reading test to determine if an individual had the right to vote.
Literacy Test
This term is used to describe offical charges brought against political officials
Impeachment
This law allowed former Confederates to vote and to run for public office
Amnesty Act
Many freed slaves became ___, which meant that worked on the land of a large farm owner for a small share of the crop.
Sharecroppers
A term used to describe recently freed slaves
Freedmen
This law stated that if your Grandfather had the right to vote in 1865, then you did not have to pass the literacy test or pay the poll tax
Grandfather Clause
Andrew Johnson escaped impeachment by __ vote(s).
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This law prevented the president from unfairly firing Cabniet members without justification.
Tenure of Office Act
This government organization helped newly freed slaves during the Reconstruction Era.
Freedmen's Bureau
Laws established during the Reconstruction Era that made segregation of blacks and whites legal in public places
Jim Crow Laws
He won the election of 1868
Ulysses S. Grant