these Northerners came to the South during Reconstruction for several reasons. Some came to help the South rebuild after the Civil War and some came to take advantage of a bad situation and tried to get rich quick or gain power or influence for themselves.
What are carpetbaggers?
16th President
Abraham Lincoln
Secret group of white supremacists
KKK
To charge an official with wrong doing.
What is impeach?
This man was President at the end of the Reconstruction era
Rutherford B. Hayes
Where and by whom was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
Fords Theater
John Wilkes Booth
This President was 1 vote away from being impeached
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was called
Ten percent plan
This man presidency was riddled was scandals and controversy
Ulysses S. Grant
These were the members of the Congress who favored policies to force radical changes in Southern life and politics
Radical Republicans
This man was the first African-American senator
Hiram Revels
Agricultural production system where the planter or landowner assigned each family a small tract of land to farm and provided food, shelter, clothing, and the necessary seeds and farm equipment.
Tenant farming
Ulysses S. Grant's VP was guilty of stealing from who
Railroads
This is the Radical Republican's response to the 10% Plan which required a majority of the citizens to take an oath of allegiance to join the Union
Wade-Davis Bill