Congress and Reconstruction
Name of the group in Congress who wanted the south to change dramatically after the Civil War. Wanted Reconstruction "to the max".
Radical Republicans
Government agency that provided for the immediate needs of former slaves and poor whites in the south
Freedman's Bureau
Banned slavery in all US states and territories
The 13th Amendment
His assassination in 1865 threw the Reconstruction process into upheaval
Abraham Lincoln
Group committed acts of violence against African Americans in the south. Wanted to keep blacks in a lower social and economic position.
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Leader of the Radical Republicans
Thaddeus Stevens
Plan developed by Lincoln which set the bar for reintegrating southern states very low
Ten Percent Plan
States that no one can deny the right to vote based on race
15th Amendment
This president was at odds with the Radicals Republicans in Congress over how to handle Reconstruction. He actions resulted in his impeachment, and nearly saw him removed from office.
Andrew Johnson
When a farmer works someone else's land and pays them back with a portion of their crop. Often keeps the farmer poor and/or in debt.
Sharecropping/Tenant farming
Congressional faction that wanted as few changes to the south as possible after the war
Copperheads/Peace Democrats
This law, insisted upon by Radical Republicans, put the military in charge of the southern states. It was one of the most hated aspects of Reconstruction by Southerners.
Military Reconstruction Act
Gave former slaves citizenship
The 14th Amendment
Took over Reconstruction after Andrew Johnson failed to win a second term
Ulysses S. Grant
Laws in the post-Civil War southern states that were meant to keep African Americans in an inferior position to whites (not voting specific)
Black Codes
This law, passed by Congress as part of their feud with Johnson, tried to limit Johnson's power as Commander-in-Chief
Command of the Army Act
President Andrew Johnson vetoed this bill, which would have guaranteed civil rights for African Americans
Civil Rights bill
Assured all citizens would receive "Due Process" including African Americans
The 14th Amendment
His election in 1877 came with a compromise to remove troops from the south and officially end Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
Name given to "traitors" FROM THE SOUTH who supported Reconstruction
Scalawags
Andrew Johnson was impeached on 11 counts, but the biggest was his supposed violation of which act recently passed by Congress?
The Tenure of Office Act
This law, passed during Grant's administration, returned nearly all former Confederate leaders to positions of government power
Amnesty Act of 1872
Was protested by certain activists such as Susan B. Anthony
15th Amendment
This man would have become president if Andrew Johnson had been removed
Benjamin Wade
This event occurred in 1873 when 300 African Americans were killed after asserting their right to vote in Louisiana
Colfax Massacre