Vocab
Reconstruction
The period of time post Civil War when the US was rebuilding
This plan is known as the most "lenient" on the south
Lincoln's Plan
The organization that terrorized African Americans and whites that sought equal rights for all
KKK
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Freed formerly enslaved persons
Historically Black College and University
Amnesty
Forgiveness
This plan was the toughest on the south
Radical Republicans
This restricted African American Males 15th Amendment Right
Black Codes
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Gave citizenship to anyone born in the US
Which Supreme Court Case did the 14th Amendment negate?
Dred Scott vs Sandford
Radical
Outlandish; Crazy
This plan contained 5 military districts
Radical Republicans
The series of laws that prevented newly freed African Americans from gaining full access to their rights
Jim Crow Laws
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave African American males the right to vote
What are the two turning point battles of the Civil War?
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Ratify
To approve by signing
This plan intended to abolish slavery, but did not seek equal rights for all African Americans
Johnson's Plan
What was the negative impact of sharecropping?
Sharecropping kept formerly enslaved persons in debt by never providing enough income for them to be successful independently
Who was the first African American in the Senate?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
True/ False: The Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery in the United States.
False- it was the 13th Amendment
Segregation
Separation
This plan was not popular with Congress, but it was the plan that was used
Johnson's Plan
Define Sharecropping
The system in which formerly enslaved African Americans were kept on their plantations to work for a less- than- livable wage
Who was the first African American in the House of Representatives?
Joseph Rainey
What was the first form of self government in the colonies? What was the first form of representative government in the colonies?
Self- Mayflower Compact 1620
Representative- Virginia House of Burgesses 1619