The first black US Senator.
Who is Hiram Revels.
What are Carpetbaggers?
Who are northerners who moved to the South.
The three requirements president Lincoln put on states who wanted to be readmitted to the Union, to restore the South on friendly terms
What are 1\10th of the states voters had to take an oath to obey the U.S. Constitution, each Southern state had to create a new state govt., each Southern state had to agree to abolish slavery
What were the four main reasons for early exploration?
What is Political, Economic, Religious and Social.
This was the place where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
What is the Ford's Theater?
This amendment gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, religion, etc.
What is the 15th amendment
What were Scalawags.
Who were Southerners who supported Reconstruction.
What was the primary reason for French colonization?
What is fur trading.
This person founded the Klu Klux Klan in 1865.
Who is confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
This group was established in Pulaski, Tennessee on December 24, 1865.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This bill made blacks and whites equal.
What is the Civil Rights Bill
Name one issue that caused the Republican Party to abandon Reconstruction.
Economic problems, corruption, Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives.
These states ultimately seceded from the Union
What are Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi.
All of the Southern states except for one, refused to ratify the 14th amendment.
What is Tennesee
These Spanish soldiers were sent to take control of newly founded lands in the Americas.
What are conquistadors?
The vice president and successor of Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Andrew Johnson
The place where General Robert E. Lee surrendered, thus ending the Civil War
What is Appomattox Court House?
President Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction called the...
What is the 10 Percent Plan
These people won enough seats in Congress to override any of President Johnson's vetoes. As a result, Congress impeached President Johnson.
What are "Radical" Republicans
The name of the general who marched from Atlanta to Savannah during the Civil War.
What is General Sherman.