Key Terms
Arrested for sitting in a coach marked "whites only"
Who is Homer Plessy
Stated that people that had voluntarily fought for the Confederacy would not have voting rights and 50% of a state’s voters had to swear loyalty to the U.S.
What was the Wade-Davis Bill
Poll tax, literacy test and grandfather clause were all examples of this
What are laws Southern whites passed to keep African Americans from voting.
Presented the 10% PLan as a way to rejoin the Union
Who was Abraham Lincoln
Process of bringing formak charges against a public official
What is impeachment
Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the start of the Reconstruction
What was to quickly restore the Union
A provision that allowed a voter to avoid a literacy test if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867
What is the grandfather clause
First US President to have impeachment chargesbrought against him
Who was Andrew Johnson
Exam to see if a person can read and write used to restrict voting rights
What is literacy test
The first duty of the Freedmen's Bureau
What was to provide emergency relief to people displaced by the war.
He won the 1868 presidential election.
Who was Ulysses Grant
Confederate sympathizer who assassinated our 16th President
Who was John Wilkes Booth
Enforced separation of races
What is segregation
All people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens. States must allow all males over 21 to vote.
What is the 14th Amendment
Divided the South into five military districts and stated that in order for Southern states to reenter the Union and send representatives to Congress they must: 1. Approve new state constitutions. 2. Ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. 3. Allow African Americans to vote.
What was The Reconstruction Acts of 1867