Black Codes
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The name of the terrorist organization conceived during the Reconstruction Era in the South.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
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Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
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The first person to have ever successfully assassinated a sitting U.S. President.
John Wilkes Booth
1st U.S. President in American history to have ever been impeached.
Andrew Johnson
100 points for each president you can name that has been impeached.
The promise to give Confederate land to freedmen after the Civil War.
Bonus: Which Oscar winning director Black director and Knick fan named his production company after this failed promise?
40 acres and a mule
Basketball Bonus for 300 points: Who is the NY Knick all-time leading scorer?
This was the Supreme Court Case that ended segregation in public schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Bonus: Who was the lead attorney for the case?
Bonus: What happened to this attorney years later?
Bonus: What amendment did he use to justify desegregation in schools?
Bonus: What previous Supreme Court ruling did Brown vs. Board of Education overturn?
Go again if correct
He won the 1876 presidential campaign via the Compromise of 1877.
Rutherford B. Hayes
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The nickname given the Black Codes in the South named after the infamous minstrel show character.
Jim Crow Laws
Constitutional Amendment that prevented the restriction of voting rights based on race, ethnicity, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment
Bonus: Who signed the 15th Amendment?
The location of Abraham Lincoln' assassination.
Ford's Theatre
Bonus: Which future president was supposed to attend the play with Lincoln?
President of the United states during the Reconstruction Era who also was a Union General during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
Name two accomplishments of Grant as president for 200 points and two criticisms of Grant as president for another 200.
What were the three proposed Reconstruction plans?
200 points for each plan you can name.
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan
Radical Reconstruction/Congressional Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson's Plan/Presidential Reconstruction
The association's goal is to achieve political, economic and social equality by eliminating race-based discrimination.
The NAACP
200 points for every member of the NAACP that you can name.
200 for each correct answer
____________ was a shoemaker that took action and challenged segregation laws in Louisiana. His case was eventually heard by the Supreme Court, who's infamous ruling was ____________.
Homer Plessy
"Separate but equal"
Bonus: What was the impact of this ruling?
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The most common profession among Black occupants of Southern states during the Reconstruction Era that turned out to be another form of oppression.
Sharecropping
Constitutional amendment that re-defined citizenship in the United States.
Bonus: Which president vetoed this Amendment?
14th Amendment
Extra Bonus: How did this amendment get ratified (passed)?
Who else was targeted in Lincoln's assassination?
William Seward and Andrew Johnson
Bonus: What did William Seward do as Secretary of State years later? (Hint- It involves our coldest state)
President of the United States at the end of Reconstruction.
Rutherford B. Hayes
The name of members of congress during the Reconstruction Era that wished to provide voting rights toward the freedmen.
Radical Republicans
Bonus: What were some laws or agencies created by the Radical Republicans?
These students were selected to desegregate a high school, however the governor of the state called in the National Guard to prevent them from attending.
The Little Rock Nine
Bonus: How were they eventually able to attend Little Rock High School?
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This event ended the Reconstruction Era, and name the years of the Reconstruction Era.
Compromise of 1877
1865-1877
The name of the exam thrust upon the freedmen that attempted to vote in the South during the Reconstruction Era. It was designed to be very difficult to pass.
Literacy Test
This amendment deals with due process of law and equal protection of the law in both the federal and state governments.
14th Amendment
Name at least 3 objects found in Lincoln's pockets after he was killed
or
Why was John Wilkes Booth able to kill Lincoln (what went wrong in preventing his murder?)
Eye glasses, Confederate $5 bill, pocket knife, handkerchief
Booth worked in the theater and allowed in, guard left the balcony, no Secret Service yet
He was the first Black congressman that served in the House of Representatives.
Joseph Rainey
Ulysses S. Grant ran for president from this party, and he won which presidential races (years).
Republican, 1868, 1872
He was a 14 year old from Chicago who was murdered in Mississippi. His killers were found not guilty in their trial and his accuser later retracted her accusation.
Emmett Till
Bonus: What was the impact of Emmett Till's murder?
Daily Double
Thomas Dartmouth Rice was a white entertainer in the 1830s and ‘40, who performed a popular song-and-dance act supposedly modeled after a slave. What was this character's name?
Jim Crow
The name of the additional charge levied on the freedmen who attempted to vote during the Reconstruction Era. It was designed to be very difficult to afford.
Poll Tax
This could have been repealed by Congress or deemed unconstitutional, leading to the 13th Amendment.
Emancipation Proclamation
John Parker, the bodyguard, initially left his position to watch the play, and then he went to the _____ next door for intermission.
Saloon or bar - Booth was also there
He won the popular vote, but he eventually lost the presidential race through the Compromise of 1877.
Sam Tilden
The name of the government agency that established educational opportunities and re-connected families during the Reconstruction Era.
Freedmen's Bureau
They were some of the first Black students that attempted to desegregation of schools.
The Clinton Twelve
He was the first black senator, from Mississippi (ironically, he took Jefferson Davis’ seat)
Hiram Revels