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Which amendment made slavery illegal in the U.S?
The 13 amendment
Who was assassinated, making Andrew Johnson the new president?
Abraham Lincoln
What farming system kept former slaves in debt to landowners?
Sharecropping
What major war ended before the reconstruction?
The civil war
What white supremacist group used fear and violence to stop Blacks from voting ?
Which amendment gave citizenship to anyone born in the U.S?
THe 14th Amendment
Who was the president that Congress tried to impeach during the Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
The freedmen's bureau
What landmark Supreme Court case in 1896 ruled that "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
What major deal ended the Reconstruction Era?
The compromise of 1877
Which amendement gave black men the right to vote
THe 15th Amendment
Which famous Union general later became president?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were the strict state laws passed in the South to control newly freed slaves?
Black codes
What year did the Reconstruction Era officially begin following the end of the Civil War?
1865
As a part of the Compromise of 1877, what did the government remove from the South?
Federal troops
Did the 15th Amendment give women the right to vote
What was the group in congress that wanted to punish the south?
The radical republicans
What was the name for Northerners who moved down south to make money?
Carpetbaggers
What 1867 acts divided the South into five military districts governed by Union generals?
The Reconstruction Acts
What was the nickname given to Southern Democrats who seized political power back from Republicans at the end of Reconstruction?
Redeemers
What is the vocabulary word for officially approving an amendment?
Ratify
Who was the first black man elected for the senate?
Hiram Revels
What was the name for white southerners who supported the federal government?
Scalawags
What was the name of lincoln's easy plan to let the southern states back in if a small number of voters took a loyalty oath?
10% plan
What political party took back control of Southern states' governments?
The Democratic Party