Vocab
Reconstruction
The period of rebuilding after the Civil War
Who was president and called for reconciliation and preserving the union?
Abraham Lincoln
Which region is Louisiana in?
Southeast
Which state is Boston in?
Who COULD hold office during Reconstruction?
African Americans
Freedmen's Bureau
Agency established by Congress in 1865 to help poor people in the South
Who was a powerful voice for civil rights for all?
Frederick Douglass
Which region is Illinois in?
Midwest
Which state is San Antonio in?
Texas
Were Black Codes helpful or hurtful to African Americans?
What was the 13th Amendment?
Banned slavery
Who urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war.
Robert E. Lee
Which region is Utah in?
Which state is St. Louis in?
Missouri
What term means "separation based on race"
Segregation
What was the 14th Amendment?
Gave citizenship to people born in the US
Who believed that African Americans could achieve equality through vocational (job) training
Booker T. Washington
Which region is Rhode Island in?
Which state is Juneau in?
Alaska
Which two people founded the NAACP?
WEB Du Bois and Ida B. Wells
What was the 15th Amendment
Gave voting rights to all men, regardless of race
Who believed African Americans were born equal and should demand their equality, not work for it
WEB Du Bois
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Which region is Hawaii in?
Which state is Seattle in?
___________ vs. Ferguson was the Supreme Court case that ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
Plessy