Reconstruction Politics
Laws that limit the right of enslaved people.
Black codes
President ------- tried to stop the Reconstruction Plans of the Congress.
Johnson
Many members of -------- went back to work.
Congress.
Who agreed to Congress's Plan?
The Southern States
Laws that treated old enslaved people harshly.
Black Codes
Were African Americans allowed to vote?
Yes or No?
NO
Who passed certain laws that the President had.
Congress
Many members of Congress wanted to make it harder for the ------ to be back in the Union.
South.
Who became the Senates of Mississippi?
Hiram R. Revels and Blanche K. Bruce.
Found not guilty.
Acquitted
After the ------- Legislatures went back to work they passed laws.
Southern
This is about Congress's ----------- Plans.
Reconstruction.
They did want to punish them for their acts in the Civil War.
True or False
FALSE
After they agreed to the Plan what did they do
Held Elections
Amendment saying that no race or color matter.
Fifteenth Amendment.
Could they have their own companies?
YES or NO.
NO.
Who could not remove people from the office without the Senates approval?
The President.
What war did the Union and South fight in?
The Civil War.
Were Reveles and Bruce African American?
YES or NO
YES
The side that won the war.
Union
Did President Johnson want to treat the Southern states as hard as he could?
NO
He could remove people from the office.
The Senate.
It was hard for them to get back into the Union.
South
IN the Southern States could African Americans vote.
YES or No
Yes
the Year President Johnson finished his term
1869