Politics
What happened to President Abraham Lincoln soon after the Civil War ended?
He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Ended slavery
What were Jim Crow laws
Laws establishing racial segregation
Which political party wanted a return to the ANTEBELLUM South following the Civil War?
Democratic Party
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln died?
Andrew Johnson
This Act was later written as the 14th Amendment.
Civil Rights Act
This prevented freedmen from voting, holding office, and serving on juries.
Black Codes
In what ways did the Civil War affect African Americans
Created a legacy of racism, segregation, and discrimination.
What was the name of the group that opposed actions taken by Andrew Johnson?
Radical Republicans
What was the impact of the 15th amendment?
Voting rights (Freedmen began voting in elections)
Northerners and poor whites who came to the South to seek opportunity and/or help the freedmen.
Carpetbaggers
This well known group terrorized Southern blacks who tried to assert their political and social rights.
Ku Klux Klan
What presidential powers did Andrew Johnson use to try and stop legislation that he didn't want?
Veto and Executive Orders
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Granted citizenship to those born in the U.S., including freed men, and same rights as whites.
Sharecropper who owed money and was forced to work until debt was paid off.
debt peonage
This amendment granted the right to vote for all men regardless of race or previous servitude
15th Amendment
What did Lincoln plan to do after the Civil War?
Reunite the nation
What is included in the 14th Amendment?
Citizenship, Due process, equal protection
Helped establish schools and support for former slaves
Freedman's Bureau
This prompted agreement to withdraw Northern troops from the South and end Reconstruction
Compromise of 1877