Civil War
The president during the Civil War
This amendment banned slavery
What was the 13th Amendment?
Who was Andrew Johnson?
The name of the Southern states that seceded from America
What are the Confederate States of America?
This Reconstruction plan was harsh on the south, and wanted to give aid to former slaves
What was the Radical Republican (Congress) plan?
What is the 14th amendment?
This event was considered the official end of Reconstruction
What was the Election of 1876 (Compromise of 1877)?
This book was a major cause of the Civil War
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
These laws after the civil war could force a black man into a one year contract to work for a white man
What were the Black Codes?
This white supremacist group terrorized African Americans in the South, limiting their newfound freedoms after the Civil War
What was the KKK?
This law, enforced in some Southern states, forced citizens to pay to vote
What was a poll tax?
This executive order freed slaves in the Southern states during the Civil War
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
These rules were made in the south to enforce segregation
What were Jim Crow Laws?
This was the name of the government assistance program that gave $12 million in aid, education, and medical assistance to former slaves after the Civil War
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
This was the name of the play Abraham Lincoln attended the night of his assassination
What is My American Cousin?
This law in the south said if your ancestors before 1867 could vote, you could vote too (Barring African Americans from voting)
What was the Grandfather Clause?
This was the name of the African American who claimed it was unfair there were separate train cars for blacks and whites
Who was Homer Plessy?
This was the percentage of citizens who needed to take an oath under Lincoln's Plan