Important People
1st African America governor
P.B. S. Pinchback
President who was against reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Law that let people with grandfathers who had voted vote without having to take difficult literacy tests or pay poll taxes.
Grandfather Clause
Word for giving someone freedom
emancipation
Terrorist organization who secretly persecuted Afican Americans
Ku Klux Klan
1st African American Senator
Hiram Revels
President who freed the slave
Abraham Lincoln
Gave all citizens the right to vote
15th amendment
Northerner who moved to the south seeking opportunity during reconstruction times
Carpetbagger
Organization designed to help freed slaves succeed
Freedmen's bureau
Radical Republican who lead the Civil Rights Act
Charles Sumner
President who won the close election of marked by the end of reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
Amendments ratified during reconstruction
13th, 14th, 15th
Word for when a president is murdered
assasignation
people who were in favor of stronger laws to protect slaves and change the South
Radical republicans
people who were in favor of stronger laws to protect slaves and change the South
Radical Republican
Civil War General elected Republican
Ulysses S. Grant
Amendment that abolished slavery
13th amendment
Reason northerners started voting for democrats
The economy was bad, and taxes were high--Democrats said they would help.
Man who created 40 acres
William, T. Sheman
people who fought to end slavery
abolitionist
forcing a politician out of office.
impeach
Statement made by Lincoln declaring slaves free
emancipation proclamation
A number of laws passed in 1876 meant to enforce freedom for slaves
Reconstruction Acts
Ms. Strazza's favorite color
blue