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100
He was the vice president from Tennessee who became president upon the death of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
100
These were the laws established in the post-war South to limit the rights of newly freed blacks.
What are black codes?
100
This term refers to the procedure in which the president is formally charged with illegal activities while in office.
What is "impeach?"
100
This derogatory name was used to describe Southerners who joined the Republican Party.
What is "scalawag?"
100
This was the organization established in the post-war South that sought to intimidate blacks through violence and terror.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
200
He was the outspoken congressman from Pennsylvania who was the leader of the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives
Who was Thaddeus Stevens?
200
This was the 1872 law that restored voting and political rights to 150,000 former Confederate leaders.
What is the Amnesty Act?
200
This term is a derogatory name for a Northern politician who moved to the South after the war.
What is "carpetbagger?"
200
This term refers to the agriculture system in which planters rent land for cash and keep all their harvests.
What is "tenant farming?"
200
This was the 1866 agency established to assist former slaves with basic needs.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
300
He was the Republican candidate for president in the election of 1876.
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?
300
This was the law that granted citizenship rights to blacks and served as the foreunner of the 14th Amendment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
300
This term refers to the system of farming in which former slaves worked plots of land in exchange for food, housing, and a portion of their harvest.
What is "sharecropping?"
300
This was the term Southerners used to describe the Democrats' return to power in the South following the end of Reconstruction.
What is "redemption?"
300
This was Abraham Lincoln's 1863 plan that highlighted his desire to treat the post-war South leniently by allowing Confederate states to regain their political representation once a small fraction of their voters swore allegience to the Constitution.
What is the Ten-Percent Plan?
400
He was the first African-American elected to the United States Senate.
Who is Hiram Revels?
400
This was the Radical Republican-backed law that imposed harsh conditions on the South by dissolving their state governments and establishing military control.
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
400
This term refers to the ability of state governments to operate without federal intervention.
What is "home rule?"
400
This was the financial crisis involving the failure of major banks that led to widespread unemployment during the last years of Reconstruction.
What is the Panic of 1873?
400
This candidate won the presidential election of 1868.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500

He was the Democratic candidate who narrowly lost the controversial presidential election of 1876.

Who is Samuel Tilden?

500

This was the 1864 legislation proposed by Radical Republicans that intended to make Reconstruction the responsibility of Congress, and not the president.

What is the Wade-Davis Bill?

500

This phrase was used by General Sherman to promote the idea that plantations should be confiscated, divided up, and then given to former slaves.

What is "40 acres and a mule?"

500
This was the famous 1872 scandal that involved high-ranking Republicans who illegally profitted from government contracts for railroad construction.
What is the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
500
This was the secret deal made following the presidential election of 1876 that quickly led to the collapse of Reconstruction governments in the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
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