Who was the general of the Union army that marched on Atlanta and destroyed much of the South in the Civil War
Who is General Sherman?
This man was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis
Originally a racist comedy character, this term came to be a derogatory epithet for African Americans and a designation for their segregation laws
Who is Jim Crow
This man was one of America's first great black speakers
Who is Frederick Douglass
What Supreme Court case created the doctrine of "separate but equal" in the Southern states?
What is "Plessy vs Ferguson"
This president agreed with Radical Republicans and was known as a hero of the Civil War
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
This man assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
This president agreed to remove federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
This man was the first African-American senator
Who is Hiram Revels
These were the members of the Congress who favored policies to force radical changes in Southern life and politics
What are Radical Republicans
A belief about the American Civil War that attempts to portray the Confederate cause in a favorable light, while downplaying or ignoring the role of slavery What is the
"Lost Cause" myth?