People
A Jacksonian Democrat who got into power by the assassination of Abe Lincoln (AKA The Multi Grain Cheerio) (This will be on your test)
Who is Andrew Johnson
A charge of wrongdoing
What is impeachment
Describe Curfews
Generally, black people could not gather after sunset
A teacher whom loves to be sarcastic but eventually nice
Mrs. Lorah
Supported the mainstream view of the party. They did not believe in civil rights for African Americans (This will be on your test)
What are Moderates
Describe Vagrancy Laws
Freedmen convicted of vagrancy- that is, now working could be fined, whipped, or sold for a years labor
A slave who became a successful plantation owner, he was the second African American to serve in the United States Senate and the first to be elected to a full term (This will be on your test)
Who is Blanche K. Bruce
People who moved to the postwar south (This will be on your test)
What are Carpetbaggers
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea
Who is SpongeBobSquarePants
A former Civil War general who became president after Johnson's impeachment
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
A voter approval of a politician's policies that is implied when he or she wins an election (This will be on your test)
What is Mandate
Explain the 14th amendment did
The 14th amendment was a turning point and its effects have echoed throughout american history. This amendment guarantees civil rights and citizenship.
Describe Labor Contracts
Freedmen had to sign agreements in January for a year of wor. Those who quit in the middle of a contract often lost all the wages they had earned
They were BOTH leading spokesmen for Radical Republicans for their right to win civil rights for African Americans
Who are Senator Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens
DAILY DOUBLE!!
A name for Southern Republicans (This will be on your test)
What is Scalawag
Name the most important part of the Reconstruction Act
It put the south under military, dividing into five districts, each governed by a northern general
Explain what the 15th amendment did
In february 1869, at the peak of radical power congress passed the fifteenth amendment to the constitution. It stated that no citizen may be denied the right to vote
Describe Land Restrictions
Freed people could rent land or homes only in rural areas