Amendments
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished Slavery
Who was the president following Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson (D)
Who are Freedmen?
Recently freed slaves
Who's Reconstruction plan supported Freedmen the most?
Radical Republicans
What were two voting restrictions given to freedmen in the south?
Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Grandfather Clause
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave voting rights to African Americans over the age of 21
This group in Congress supported the rights of Freedmen while trying to punish southern states during Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
This agency supported Freedmen throughout the south providing food, clothes and set up schools in the south
Freedmen's Bureau
True or False: Andrew Johnson was lenient on Southern states during Reconstruction
True
Why did sharecroppers often times make little to no money?
Gave at least 50% of profits to land owner
Land owner lied about how much they owed
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Anyone born or naturalized in the U.S is granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
This group was a violent terrorist group that intimidated, beat, and killed African Americans in the south in attempt to take away their rights.
KKK
What were Black Codes?
Southern laws passed during Reconstruction that limited the rights of freedmen
How were Radical Republicans harsh on Southern States?
Set up military districts throughout the states
or
Sending federal troops in Southern states
What court case ruled "separate but equal?"
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
What group was not allowed to vote after the 15th Amendment?
Women
This man was the leader of the Radical Republicans
Thaddeus Stevens
These were created after Reconstruction that enforced segregation in Southern states
Jim Crow Laws
What group was Abraham Lincoln not willing to show amnesty towards for his Reconstruction plan?
Confederate leaders
When Rutherford B. Hayes was elected, what did he remove from the South?
Federal Troops
Radical Republicans were the only group to support these two amendments
14th & 15th
Who created the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871 in an attempt to combat and punish KKK members?
Ulysses S. Grant
This voting restriction said you could only vote if your grandparent voted prior to the Civil War
Grandfather Clause
This Reconstruction plan said southern states must have a part of their population swear loyalty to reenter the union.
Whose plan was this and what was it called?
Lincoln and 10% plan
What event ended Reconstruction?
(Hayes getting elected was apart of this)
Compromise of 1877