Famous People
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
How did African Americans Benefit from the passage of the 14th Amendment?
They became citizens
______________ production which lagged during the war, quickly revived. By 1875 it was setting new records.
Cotton
Congress quickly accepted Andrew Johnson’s plan
FALSE
They quickly REJECTED Andrew Johnson's plan
Enslaved people who had been freed by the war
Freedmen
A war hero, who won the presidential election of 1868
Ulysses S. Grant
This amendment barred all states from denying African American Males the right to vote, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment
A __________________ is a laborer who works the land for the farmer who owns it, in exchange for a share of the value of the crop
Sharecropper
General Grant won the presidential election of 1876.
FALSE
He won the election of 1868.
A group pardon
Amnesty
Took over as President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
The 13th amendment banned ___________ and ___________.
Slavery and Forced Labor
New laws used by southern states to control African Americans
Black Codes
Poll tax is a personal tax to be paid before voting.
TRUE
Southern whites who had opposed secession
Scalawags
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
This amendment was approved in January 1865.
13th Amendment
What was Lincoln's ten percent plan?
As soon as ten percent of a state's voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States, the voters could organize a new state government.
The Wade-Davis bill passed a much stricter plan for reconstruction
TRUE
A name given by southerners to northern whites who went south to start businesses or pursue political office
Carpetbaggers
The nations first African American senator
Hiram Revels
Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?
15th Amendment
A chief goal of the freedmen's bureau was to promote ____________.
Education
The election of 1876 was unique because Tilden won by popular vote AND 20 electoral votes were in dispute.
TRUE
Represented Mississippi as a U.S Senator from 1875 to 1881 and was the first African American to serve a full term in the senate
Blanche Bruce