Lincoln and Johnson
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Who was Andrew Johnson?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY - 200 POINTS
Identify the amendment based on the clue:
"I ended slavery, but I did not establish citizenship or voting rights."
What was the 13th Amendment?
Who developed the Ten Percent Plan?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
What was Lincoln's Reconstruction plan called?
What was the Ten Percent Plan?
Which candidate became president as a result of the Compromise of 1877?
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY - 200 POINTS
Put these events in chronological order:
A. Compromise of 1877
B. 13th Amendment
C. Lincoln's assassination
D. 15th Amendment
E. 14th Amendment
C → B → E → D → A
Lincoln was assassinated shortly after this major event in 1865.
What was the end of the Civil War?
Which amendment established citizenship for people born in the United States and guaranteed equal protection under the law?
What was the 14th Amendment?
Who became the first Black American to serve in the United States Senate?
Who was Hiram Revels?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY - 400 POINTS
A student says, "The 15th Amendment gave all Americans the right to vote." What is incomplete about this statement?
The 15th Amendment applied to African American men and excluded women.
Why was the election of 1876 unusual?
What was that the election was extremely close and led to a political compromise?
What was the name of the system in which African American farmers often became economically dependent on landowners after the Civil War?
What was sharecropping?
Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan was considered this by many members of Congress.
What was too lenient/easy on former Confederates?
Which amendment protected the voting rights of African American men?
What was the 15th Amendment?
This former enslaved person became a powerful advocate for voting rights, human rights, and civil liberties.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
What organization provided formerly enslaved people with education, food, shelter, medical assistance, and legal assistance?
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
What was the name of the compromise that helped end Reconstruction?
What was the Compromise of 1877?
This organization used violence and intimidation to oppose African American political and civil rights.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
The disagreement between Andrew Johnson and Congress centered largely on how Reconstruction should address the rights of these Americans.
Who were formerly enslaved African Americans?
Put these amendments in the correct order: 15th, 13th, 14th.
What is 13th, 14th, 15th?
This president supported the 15th Amendment and took action against the Ku Klux Klan.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Name ONE major action taken by Congress during Reconstruction.
Possible answers include passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866, denying seats to Southern representatives, or passing/proposing the 14th Amendment.
What happened to federal troops in the South as part of the Compromise of 1877?
What was they were withdrawn from the South?
What term describes the laws and practices that enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction?
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Because of disagreements with President Johnson, this group eventually took greater control over Reconstruction.
What was Congress?
Explain how the Reconstruction Amendments changed the meaning of citizenship in the United States.
They ended slavery, established citizenship and equal protection, and protected African American men's voting rights.
This former Confederate general urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners after the Civil War but later became associated with the Lost Cause movement.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
During Reconstruction, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and proposed the 14th Amendment. What was the main goal of these actions?
To protect the rights and citizenship of African Americans and establish equal protection under the law.
What was one major consequence of the end of Reconstruction?
What was Southern states rolled back many civil rights gains, contributing to the Jim Crow era and voter suppression?
Explain why the end of Reconstruction made it more difficult for African Americans to protect the rights gained during Reconstruction.
Federal troops were withdrawn from the South, and Southern governments were able to establish or enforce policies such as Jim Crow laws and voter suppression that restricted African American rights.