Aftermath and Reconstruction
This Amendment abolished slavery after the Civil War.
13th Amendment
This was the cause of Abraham Lincoln's death.
Gun Shot Wound
This Amendment gave citizens the right to vote no matter their race, color, previous condition or servitude.
15th Amendment
____ development increased significantly. From 1880-1890, trackage had more than doubled.
Railroad Development
This term is defined as “to deprive someone of a right or privilege”.
Disenfranchise
The 258,000 Confederate soldiers who died made up over __% of the white male population in the region.
20%
This was where Abraham Lincoln Died.
Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C
This Amendment gave everyone born the U.S automatic citizenship
14th Amendment
This was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the 2nd half of the 19th century involving mostly white performers disguised as black.
The Minstrel Show
True or False, Jim Crow Laws stripped African Americans of social, economic, and political gains they had made during the 19th century.
TRUE
This plan offered general amnesty to white southerners who pledged loyalty to the government and accept the elimination of slavery.
Lincoln's 10% Plan
This person was responsible for killing Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
During these years that the Black Codes were being enacted in state legislatures
1865-1866
This southern system leased gangs of convicted criminals to private interests for as a cheap labor supply.
Convict- Lease System
This act of violence was very common during the 1890’s and often involved a white mob against a black person(s).
Lynching
This person directed the Freedman's Bureau, an agency of the army established in March 1865.
General Oliver O. Howard
This person was the next ELECTED president of the U.S after Abraham Lincoln.
Ulysses S. Grant
In 1867, Congress rejected the Lincoln- Johnson governments of the remaining 10 confederate states and combined them into _ number of military districts
5 Districts
This person was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, who among others challenged white supremacy and promoted the virtues of thrift. industry, and progress.
Henry Grady
This court case ruled that laws establishing separate schools for whites were valid even if there was no comparable school for African Americans.
Cummings Vs. County Board of Education
This bill authorized the president to appoint a provisional governor for every conquered state. When a majority of white males pledged allegiance to the Union, a state constitutional convention could be summoned.
Wade- Davis Bill
True or False- the South believed Lincoln's assassination was conspired by the North after the outcome of the war.
FALSE
True or False- By 1869, in order for a state to reenter into the Union, the state had to ratify either the 14th or 15th Amendment.
FALSE
By late 1877, after the withdrawal of federal troops, the south fell under control of a conservative oligarchy who were known as the __ or __.
Redeemers or Bourbons
This court case involved a Louisiana law that required separate seating arrangements for different races on railroads.
Plessy Vs. Ferguson