Important Figures
__ was the 16th President of the US and began early Reconstruction.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Radical Republicans despised the South and demanded that __ have civil rights.
What is freedmen?
Abraham Lincoln's plan, otherwise known as the __ plan, was made to welcome back the South. If __ of that Southern state's voters pledged loyalty to the US, the South could then receive a full pardon.
What is 10%?
__ was the 17th President of the US and took over after Lincoln's death.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The __ __ were laws created in the South to restrict and limit the rights of African Americans.
What is Black Codes?
What year was Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre?
What is 1865?
Thaddeus Stevens was a __ __ who advocated for the rights of Black Americans.
What is Radical Republican?
The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) were former Confederate soldiers who targeted and terrorized which kinds of people?
What is Black people?
After Lincoln's death, Congress created the __ __, which helped give newly freed slaves education and housing.
What is Freedmen's Bureau?
Hiram Revels was the first African American to become a __ __
What is US Senator?
The first African American US Senator was elected in __, creating a powerful shift in Southern politics and Black political power.
What is 1870?
The Reconstruction Amendments, 13th, 14th, and 15th, were passed between what years?
What is 1865 and 1870?
Ulysses S. Grant was a former Union General and advocated for the rights of __ __.
Who are freed slaves?
Because Unions soldiers were forced to pull out of the South, this era was created to segregate races and oppress the rights of Black Americans.
What is Jim Crow Era?
What event forced all Union troops to pull out of the South and officially ended the Age of Reconstruction?
What is the Compromise of 1877?