Presidents
16th president, led the Union during the Civil War.
Lincoln
Bonus: 100 points for each president you can name before or after Lincoln in order.
Take away 100 from any team, gain 100 if correct. Grant was the leader of what army during the Civil War?
Union
Gain 100, take away 100 from any team if correct.
Which amendment did Grant pass/ratify?
15th Amendment
To remove a government official from office.
Impeach
Bonus: Gain 100 points for each impeached president you can name.
Take another turn if correct.
This agricultural system of employment was used in the South and kept many African Americans in debt for generations.
Sharecropping
17th President, racist Southerner, impeached
Andrew Johnson
What two wars did Grant fight in?
Mexican American War, Civil War
Daily Double
How did Grant help to weaken the KKK?
Grant passed the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
Daily Double
Government agency that helped feed, educate, hospitalize and find jobs for freed African Americans.
Freedmen's Bureau
Daily Double
Grant's presidency suffered from bribery and corruption. Which choice shows the problems of Grant's presidency. Select all that apply.
A-The Panic of 1873
B-The Whiskey Ring
C-The Teapot Dome Scandal
D-Watergate
E-January 6th
This president created the Department of Justice.
Ulysses S. Grant
What job did Grant have before the Civil War?
sold hats
Daily Double
What national park did Grant create?
Yellowstone
They wanted to punish the South and make sure African Americans had equal rights.
Radical Republicans
Take away 100 points from any team and gain 300 points if correct.
This Seneca chief went to an Indian boarding school, be came an engineer, a a member of Grant's military staff. Grant made him head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Ely Parker
Grant
Where did Grant go to College?
West Point Military Academy
Grant wanted to annex this nation because he believed its agricultural resources would be good for the US economy.
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
A hate group who's main goal was to stop African Americans from voting.
KKK
This amendment was vetoed by Andrew Johnson, but passed into law by the Radical Republicans when they outvoted Johnson's veto by 2/3rds majority.
14th Amendment
Name the 3 presidents that were in office during Reconstruction
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant
How many battles did Grant lose?
1
Which of the following did Grant NOT do?
A-Create the Department of Justice
B-Veto the 14th Amendment
C-Be elected for 2 terms (president 8 years)
D-Lead the Union Army
B-Veto the 14th Amendment
The Radical Republicans plan to take away land from Confederates and give it to freed slaves.
"40 acres and a mule"
This political group controlled Congress when Andrew Johnson was president and they clashed with him during Reconstruction.
The Radical Republicans