People
He became president after Lincoln was assassinated
Who is Andrew Johnson
Name given to the period after the Civil War, period of rebuilding our nation socially, economically, & politically.
What is Reconstruction
13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments were known as the...
Reconstruction Amendments
Linked the east to the west, all 2,000 miles of it
Transcontinental Railroad
What is Tobacco?
This president would send Federal troops into the South to subdue KKK violence
Who is President Grant
Name given to former slaves, those who escaped bondage
Freedmen
Abolished Slavery
13th Amendment
One of the top goals of a freed slave after the Civil War
Find their FAMILY
State where the KKK started
Tennessee
He published a 700 page mail order catalog--at first only offered watches
Sears "Richard Sears"
Northern transplants to the South, former Union soldiers, seeking economic opportunities. Vocabulary Words
Carpetbaggers
Gave African Americans the right to vote
15th Amendment
The federal government paid rail companies with? But, only if they were finished with 15 years
What is LAND?
Upset & angry, this group would be left out of the 15th Amendment, thus having to wait to have the right to vote
Inventor of the revolver firearm--became the gun of the Wild West---Lincoln may have freed all men, but __________ ________ made them equal.
Sam Colt
Name given to the group of Republicans who wanted strong consequences on the South and equality and voting right for former slaves
Radical Republicans
The ____________ Amendment stated anyone born or naturalized in the United States are citizens, including former slaves. Provided equal protection under the law & due process under the law. Amendment Notes
14th Amendment
a system where former slaves, often with limited resources, rented land from white landowners in the South in exchange for a portion of the crops they grew,
Sharecropping
Many white Southerners called their defeat in the Civil War a ____________ _______________ and remembered the war by these two words. Social Impact notes, page 1 second section
Lost Cause
He won one of the most controversial Presidential elections over Tilden and ended Reconstruction--moving federal troops out of the South.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Laws passed by states denying rights of citizenship to free blacks after the Civil War. Vocabulary Terms
Black Codes
Name of the government organization that helped freed slave and poor whites with food, medical help, schools, & land.
Freedmen's Bureau
U.S. Supreme Court Case that said segregation was ok with "Separate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
Name three ways the South prevented African Americans from voting
1. Violence & Intimidation
2. Poll Taxes
3. Literacy Tests