Reconstruction Facts
Reconstruction was primarily focused on this region of the country
The South
Reconstruction Started in this year
1865
Gave all citizens the right to vote
15th
Died in Ford's Theater
Lincoln
This political party opposed the president, and had more inclusive plans for reconstruction
The Republican Party
Secret Society formed in the south after Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Gave former slaves citizenship
14th
Served under Lincoln as a Civil War General
Grant
Lincoln famously signed this into law in 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
Government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves.
Freedmen's Bureau
Outlawed Slavery
13th
Was Lincoln's VP
Andrew Johnson
This refers to Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War. They were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
Carpetbaggers
This system had a farmer 'rent' land from another and kept them in debt.
Sharecropping
Assured all citizens would receive "Due Process" including African Americans
14th
Became President (thus ending Reconstruction in the South.)
Rutherford B. Hayes
The first African American to serve as a senator.
Hiram Revels