Important People
Who was president during most of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Which amendment ended slavery?
13th Amendment
What farming system kept many freed people in debt?
Sharecropping
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
What did some white Southerners want to bring back?
White supremacy
Who was president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Which amendment gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people?
14th Amendment
What agency helped freed people with food, schools, and jobs?
Freedmen’s Bureau
What happened to many Southern cities and farms?
They were destroyed
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics.
Civil Rights
The "Tom Cruise" of the era, this actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Which amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
Why did freed people want an education?
Literacy is power. To get better jobs and be independent
Why did the South resist being divided into military districts?
They did not want federal controland/or federal troops in the South
How many votes are required in the Senate to remove a President through impeachment?
Six Seven (67)
Who was the first Black U.S. Senator?
Hiram Revels
What were laws called that limited the rights of freed people?
Black Codes
Name two problems freed people faced.
Racism, violence, poverty, or no land
What did Southern states have to do to rejoin the Union?
Ratify the 13th Amendment
Equal protection of the laws and Due Process are rights guarnateed under which amendment?
14th amendment
Former Union General who became President in 1868
U.S. Grant
What law split the South into military districts?
Reconstruction Acts
What group used fear and violence to stop Black voting?
Ku Klux Klan
What was the name of President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
Ten Percent Plan
What deal ended Reconstruction in 1877?
The Compromise of 1877