Johnson
Political party of Andrew Johnson
Democrat
Political party of Lincoln
Republican
This amendment ended slavery in the U.S.
13th
Former slaves were referred to as
Freedmen
laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit rights and freedoms of African Americans
Black Codes
State that Johnson represented in the U.S. Senate
Tennessee
State Lincoln was from
Kentucky
Year the 13th amendment went into effect
1865
This was an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
Freedmen's Bureau
Black Codes were a way to do what to former slaves
Control them
Period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
Reconstruction
Document passed by Lincoln freeing slaves in rebellious states
Emancipation Proclamation
A former Confederate state could rejoin the Union once it had written a new state constitution, elected a new state government, cancelled war debts, ratified the 13th amendment and...
repealed it's act of succession
Many freedmen hoped for 40...
Acres and a mule
Name one purpose of Black Codes besides helping planters find workers or keep African Americans at the bottom of the social order
Limit rights of freedmen
What class does Mr. Johnson teach?
Computers
Speech given by Lincoln at an infamous battlefield commemorating what happened there and encouraging the north to finish the war
Gettysburg Address
A former Confederate state could rejoin the Union once it had written a new state constitution, elected a new state government, repealed it's act of succession, ratified the 13th amendment and...
cancelled war debts
Besides education, what else did the Freedmen's Bureau help with?
Medicine, working arrangements and working conditions. (Only need to mention 1)
Name one purpose of Black Codes besides limit rights of freedmen or keep African Americans at the bottom of the social order
Help planters find workers
What number U.S. president was Johnson?
17th
Location of assassination of Lincoln
Ford's Theater
By fall of 1865 how many southern states had ratified the 13th amendment?
All of them
The most lasting legacy of the Freedmen's Bureau was
Education
Name one purpose of Black Codes besides limit rights of freedmen or help planters find workers
keep African Americans at the bottom of the social order