Who's who
Who was the President after Abraham Lincoln and was not liked by many Americans.
Who is Andrew Johnson
Prevented African American's from owning land, voting, and owning a weapon.
What is Black Codes
Allowed poor white voters to vote in the Southern States for a price.
What are poll taxes
African American's who were given land by wealthy plantation owners to work and plant crops in exchange for housing and money for food.
What is Sharecroppers
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation and was Assassinated in Washington D.C while watching a play.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Freed all slaves in the South.
What is the 13th amendment?
Something that was given to African American men if they wanted to vote.
What is literacy tests
White southerners who supported the plan for Reconstruction were called..
What is scalawags
Took over the presidency after Andrew Johnson. He was also the general of the union army.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Gave all former slaves citizenship and worked towards giving them equal rights.
What is the 14th Amendment
This group of people were given the right to vote, but had to take a Literacy test and pass it to actually vote.
Who is African American males
A group of radical terrorists who instilled fear into African Americans to keep them from voting and having basic human rights.
What is the Ku Klux Klan
These laws were named after a comedian that made fun of African Americans.
Who is Jim Crow
Gave all African American men 21 and older the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment.
Had no rights and could not vote.
Who is Women
Northerners who travelled down to the South in order to make a profit from abandoned businesses and plantations.
What is carpetbaggers
Who was the person who assassinated President Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Helped all African Americans and poor white people get food, clothing, legal help, and helped African Americans get an education in school.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Could vote, but had to pay a poll tax.
Who is poor white males
A group of white men who felt the South needed to be punished more harshly for the Civil War.
What is Radical Republicans