the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War
Reconstruction
Which Reconstruction Plan led to "Black Codes" which often forced African Americans back into "slave like" conditions?
Presidential Reconstructon
a U.S. government agency that helped formerly enslaved people after the Civil War
the Freedman's Bureau
laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen
Black Codes
Under this type of reconstruction, African American men would receive the right to vote and hold political office
Radical Reconstruction
Reconstruction Started in this year
1865
System where workers were held to the Land by debt
Sharecropping
How many military districts in the South were established with the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
5
Name 2 ways Southerners prevented African Americans from voting.
poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause
Name 2 presidents during Reconstruction.
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes
This abolitionist and Radical Republican pushed for full rights for freedmen.
Thaddeus Stevens
This political party opposed the president, and had more inclusive plans for reconstruction
The Republican Party
With this type of reconstruction, the formerly enslaved would receive citizenship.
Radical Reconstruction
Which amendment gave all citizens the right to vote?
15th Amendment
Who was impeached for opposing Congress during Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
What removed federal Troops from the South and ended Reconstruction?
the Compromise of 1877
What were the laws that followed the Black Codes?
This white supremacist group used violence to stop African Americans from voting.
Which amendment outlawed slavery?
13th amendment
Which amendment gave former slaves citizenship?
14th Amendment
This former civil war General became president after Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
The Reconstruction era was the period after the American Civil War from ___ to ___.
1865 to 1877
What was the court case that allowed for segregation?
Plessy v Ferguson
Congress passed this act to protect African American voting rights from violence and intimidation.
Enforcement Act
Congress created this agency to help former slaves with food, education, and jobs.
freedmen bureau