Lincoln Post-War
The South was in ruins/Destruction, poverty, and free African-Americans with nothing
What was the South like during Post-war
The Democrat president after Lincoln (Lincoln was a Republican)
What political party was Andrew Johnson
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton was fired
Who did Andrew Johnson fire
Carpetbaggers
Northerners who moved South after the war
Ratified in December of 1865/Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, with the exception of punishment for a crime
when was the 13 Amendment ratified and what does it do
10% of the state population pledge loyalty to the Union = the state sets up a gov’t/ gov’t abolishes slavery and sets up schools for freed slaves, they regain Congressional seats
Lincoln’s 1st goal is to reunify the country with the 10% Plan
Good, honest man, but Radical Republicans doomed him.
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was impeached
What did the House of Representatives vote to do to Johnson
Scalawags
What were Southerners who supported the Republican Party and their Reconstruction plans and laws
Ratified in July of 1868/No law shall be made to take away rights of any citizen of the United States without due process nor deny any citizen equal protection
when was the 14 Amendment ratified and what does it do
April 14, 1865/happened during a play at Ford’s Theatre
when was Lincoln is shot and where
The South's punishment was too lenient
What did RR feel Johnson was too lenient on with the South
Assisted all newly-freed slaves
Federal Agency tasked with assisting who
Ku klux klan
Who was the supremacist group who used violence and threats to intimidate African Americans from exercising their rights
Ratified in February of 1870/No government can deny a citizen’s right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
when was the 15 Amendment ratified and what does it do
John Wilkes Booth/April 15th
Confederate supporter, shoots Lincoln, President dies
Angered by Black Codes and the race riots
What angered the North
Helped with legal issues, money issues, and education
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau help with
1865 was when this was founded
when was the Ku klux klan was founded in
She helped the newly-freed slaves/Also championed for women’s rights
After the war, what did Frances Watkins Harper do
Andrew Johnson became president
who became president after Lincoln
military-style laws in the South, restrictions on the Office of the President
RRs placed what type of laws in the South and what in the Office of the President
Radical republicans believed in stricter federal laws against the south
Radical republicans believed in stricter federal laws against whom during Reconstruction.
Was America’s First Terrorist
is the Ku Klux Klan often characterized as what
Was known as “Bronze Muse”
What is Frances Watkins Harper known as through out the North