Civil War
Legislation
Reconstruction
Captains of Industry
Vocabulary
100

One of the major reasons for the outbreak of the Civil War revolved around this institution.  

Slavery

100

Following the Civil War, this amendment was passed that outlawed slavery in the United States.  

13th Amendment

100
  • Which Reconstruction plan allowed for amnesty to all whites who signed loyalty oaths, needed to recognize the 13th Amendment, but left little to no roles for African Americans to enjoy equal rights?

Johnson's Plan

100

Name given to wealthy and powerful industrialist during the Gilded Age.  

Captains of Industry

100

The right to vote

Sufferage

200

This 3 day battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.  

Gettysburg

200

Unofficial laws in the south that severely restricted the rights of African Americans.  

Black Codes  

200

The three goals of Reconstruction were to restore the Union, support former slaves, and this...

Rebuild the Southern economy

200

Known as Americans first billionaire and oil tycoon.  

John D. Rockefeller

200

Southerners who cooperated with carpetbaggers during Reconstruction

Scalawags

300

Only days after the conclusion of the Civil War, this President was assassinated.  

Abraham Lincoln

300

Extended the right of citizenship, the right to due process and the right to equal protection under the law.  

14th Amendment  

300

This Reconstruction plan was easy on the south and would encourage that southern states to rejoin the Union.  It only required 10%.   

Lincoln's 10% Plan

300

J.P. Morgan was a master of this industry.  

Finance/Investment banking

300

Northerners who came South during Reconstruction

Carpetbaggers

400

Along with his conspirators, this southern man assassinated the president in 1865.  

John Wilkes Booth

400

Extended the right to vote to all men regardless of race.

15th Amendment

400

This Reconstruction plan attempted to destroy political power of former slaveholders, punish the south and force acceptance of African Americans as full citizens.  

Radical Republican Plan

400

This captain of Industry is the classic rags-to-riches story.  

Andrew Carnegie

400

A legal device by which a board of trustees was empowered to make decisions and control the operations

Trust

500

This portion of the country was victorious in the Civil War.  

The Northern States

500

This act forbid any elected official from firing a government employee who had been appointed by the Senate.  

The Tenure of Office Act

500

A short term agency established to help formers slaves integrate during Reconstruction.    

Freedmen's Bureau

500

Name of the economic system in America.  

Capitalism

500

Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans to live on

Reservations

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