Major People
Who was the president that was assassinated during the Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the major amendments during the Reconstruction?
When did the Reconstruction Acts take place?
1867-1868
Where did the Memphis Riots of 1866 take place?
Memphis, Tennessee
Which President was assassinated during the reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
Who succeded Lincoln after he was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolished Slavery
When did the KKK Acts take place?
1870-1871
Where was the Mechanics' Institute riot of 1866?
New Orleans, Louisiana
When did the Reconstruction Act take place?
1867
Which group of politicians took over when Johnson was president
Radical Republicans
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Ensured everyone born in the U.S were citizens of the country
When was the Freedmen's Bureau established?
1865
What was the former Confederate Capital?
Richmond, Virginia
When was Andrew Johnson impeached?
1868
Which president fought back against the KKK
Ulysses S. Grant
What did the 15th Amendment do?
prohibited state and federal governments from denying citizens their right to vote based on their race and skin color
What was the first major federal law to define citizenship and ensure all citizens were protected under the law ?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
What was the first self governed freedmen town?
Mitchelville, South Carolina
When did the Ku Klux Klan act take place?
1871
What group of people were known as the invisible empire
The Ku Klux Klan
When were the Reconstruction Amendments made?
1865-1877
What did the Civil rights act of 1875 do?
Aimed at preventing racial discrimination in public
What state was considered the Laboratory of Reconstruction?
Beaufort County, South Carolina
What was the Compromise of 1877?
a political deal where Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded presidency in exchanges for withdrawing all federal troops from the South