The dates for the Reconstruction of the South
c.1865-1870
Abraham Lincoln died like this.
He was assassinated.
The first 3 events we learned.
The Monroe Doctrine, Traveling the Erie Canal, and Jacksonian Democracy.
True or False. Reconstruction was successful and why?
False. Because many states passed laws which created a segregated society, like "poll taxes" which made blacks pay a fee to vote.
This person succeeded Abraham Lincoln as President.
Andrew Johnson
The Great Generals of the War Between the States
Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Stonewall Jackson.
The meaning of the term "Reconstruction."
a period following the Civil War when the United States tried to mend/reunite the Union.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
It gave black males the right to vote.
The Indian tribe that refused to obey the Indian Settlement Act of 1830?
the Cherokees
What did the 14th Amendment do?
it said states could not restrict the rights of any person and if laws were made that didn't agree with the Constitution, they could be nullified by the Supreme Court.
It was passed at the end of 1865 and it freed the slaves.