Reconstruction Facts
Reconstruction Started in this year
1865
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This was a government organization that provided education, food, jobs and medical care to freedmen.
Freedmen's Bureau
Gave all citizens the right to vote
15th
Workers received 0 pay no matter what
Slavery
Reconstruction was primarily focused on this region of the country
The South
Double Jeopardy
They help the majority of seats in Congress and wanted to punish the South, as well as give freed slaves all the rights they deserved.
Radical Republicans
Gave former slaves citizenship
14th
Was Lincoln's VP
Andrew Johnson
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Workers were held to the land by debt
Sharecropping
This man was president during the first part of Reconstruction.
Andrew Johnson
They are a white supremacist hate group that was created after the Civil War.
The Ku Klux Klan
Outlawed Slavery
13th
Double Jeopardy
He created the Freedmen's Bureau
Abraham Lincoln
Workers could not attend school, church, or other group gatherings
Slavery
This political party opposed president Andrew Johnson, and outvoted Johnson on several occasions.
The Republican Party
What was one of the main goals of the KKK?
To prevent African Americans from voting.
Assured all citizens would receive "Due Process" including African Americans
14th
Died in Ford's Theater
Lincoln
Workers lived in extremely tight living quarters
Both
Which statement about Andrew Johnson is FASLE?
A-He was a Southerner, but was against the South seceding
B-He vetoed the 14th Amendment, but Congress overruled him
C-He was elected president
D-He was the first presidentCongress tried to impeach
C-He was elected president
What historical reference does the KKK''s robes represent?
Ghosts of Confederate soldiers
Gave all citizens the right to possess a weapon for self defense
2nd
He is currently buried in "Grants Tomb" located in NYC.
Ulysses S. Grant
Workers were taken advantage of by landowners
Both