Potpourri
Ku Klux Klan
This group wore white robes and hoods and terrorized African Americans and Republicans who tried to get equal rights for ex-slaves.
Carpet Baggers
This name was given to white Northerners who came to the South to run for office based on their style of Luggage
13 Amendment
Abolished slavery and created the Freedman's Bureau
Segregation
The forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places.
Define Reconstruction
The period following the Civil War during which the U.S. Government worked to reunite the nation and rebuild the southern economy.
Abolished slavery and created the Freedman's Bureau
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
This amendment to the Constitution defined all people born in the United States as Citizens except for Native Americans and guaranteed citizens equal protection under the law and said states could not "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property
This group wore white robes and hoods and terrorized African Americans and Republicans who tried to get equal rights for ex-slaves.
Ku Klux Klan
This name was given to white Northerners who came to the South to run for office based on their style of Luggage
Carpet baggers
U.S. Grant
Became president after Johnson and governed during most of Reconstruction
This amendment to the Constitution defined all people born in the United States as Citizens except for Native Americans and guaranteed citizens equal protection under the law and said states could not "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property
14th Amendment
The forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places.
Segregation
Why was President Andrew Johnson not liked by Radical Republicans?
Many felt Johnson’s plan for reconstruction was a failure and were angry with him.
Congress divided the South into how many military districts?
5 districts
Who became president after Johnson and governed during most of Reconstruction
Grant
Paying a a charge on the right to vote
Poll Tax
Which Amendment gave the right to vote to African American males but not to women or Native Americans
15th Amendment
Plessy vs Ferguson
This court case involved an African American man who refused to leave the white's only train car. He was arrested and it resulted in the Supreme Court decision of "separate but equal".
What did Congress try and do to President Johnson due in part to his resistance to rights for African Americans.
They impeached him
Because they wanted southern states to change more than they already had and felt Johnson’s plan for reconstruction was a failure and were angry with him some Republicans were called?
Radicals