Reconstruction Plans
This plan for reunification was Lincoln's idea and offered Southerns Amnesty.
10% Plan
This amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
13th Amendment
Carpetbaggers
President Johnson and Congress are opposed for much of his presidency. What political party is he from, and what party is in control of Congress?
Johnson is a democrat, and Congress is controlled by the republican party.
This man assassinates Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
These laws were passed by Southern States as they waited to rejoin the Union. They are racially biased and discriminatory.
The Black Codes.
This bill, which Lincoln refused to pass, proposed that a state could rejoin the Union if they banned slavery and if the majority of adult males swore the loyalty oath.
Wade-Davis Bill
This amendment protects voting rights regardless of race or color.
15th Amendment
This nickname is given to Southern Republicans who have always been present in the Democrat dominated South.
Scalawags
Congress and Johnson rarely agree on anything. Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner are leaders of his greatest opponents, who are called
Radical Republicans
These men are the leaders of the Radical Republican Movement.
After the Election of 1866 Republicans in Congress hold this super majority.
Two-Thirds Majority
This plan for readmitting Southern states into the Union offered Southerners amnesty for crimes committed against the Union.
10% plan
This Amendment legally protects Civil Rights for all citizens of the USA regardless of race or color
14th Amendment
The KKK is a hate group that starts in 1866 they use violence and terror to attack this right of African Americans?
The right to vote
What belief do all of the Radical Republicans share in regards to control of Reconstruction.
They all believe that the Federal Government, specifically Congress, should control Reconstruction.
This gentleman refuses to leave his seat on a whites only train car in Louisiana, is arrested, and has his case taken all the way to the supreme court.
Homer Plessy
The last Civil Rights act passed during Reconstruction is the Civil Rights Act of 1875, what does it protect?
African American civil rights in public places
According to the Wade-Davis Bill, this was a requirement for a state to rejoin the Union?
Banning Slavery, and swearing an oath of loyalty
This Amendment excludes Women from its protections.
15th Amendment.
The Election of 1876 is controversial due to voter interference in southern states. It ends with the compromise of 1877, What is exchanged in the Compromise of 1877
Rutherfrod B Hayes and the Republican Party wins the presidency, in exchange for all southern troops being removed from the South.
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 impacts the South greatly. What did Radical Republicans force upon the Southern states with this Act.
They divided the South into military districts, and occupied Southern States with the Military.
This gentleman is the first African American elected to Congress replacing former Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Hiram Revels
What is the nickname given to the Republican Party by African Americans?
The Party of Lincoln
The creators of this plan believed that Congress should determine who gets to rejoin the Union, not the President.
Wade-Davis Bill
This amendment allows involuntary servitude only as a form of punishment.
13th Amendment
Jay Cooke, he lied about the value of land he was trying to sell near the Pacific Norther Railroad.
President Johnson is the first US President to be impeached for breaking which law?
The Tenure of Office Act
This Southern Redeemer was a Confederate General before becoming a senator.
This man was the Democrat party's nominee in the Election of 1876.
Samuel J Tilden