Agency providing food, clothing, education ... to freedmen and poor white refugees
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
100
Bringing up gory and troubling images of the war with the idea that if you put the Dems. back in power you are betraying the legacy of Union soldiers
What is waving the bloody shirt?
100
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
Famous slogan that speaks to the promise of land for the freedmen
What is 40 Acres and a Mule?
200
Basically the same as Lincoln's plan with pardons for one and all
What is Johnson's plan for Recon. (Presidential Recon.)
200
African Americans may not carry weapons, may not own land in town, must be in the employment of a white man ...
What are black codes?
200
The elections that brought Grant two terms as president
What are 1868 & 1872?
200
Established the right to vote for African American men
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
Southern Democrats coming back to power in their states
What is redemption?
300
Required states to respect the rights of freedmen, ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments and allow freedmen to vote
What is Congressional Reconstruction?
300
First African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
Who is Hiram Revels?
300
A company created by certain members of the Union Pacific to construct part of the transcontinental r.r... they grossly overcharged and used stock to hush government officials
What is Credit Mobilier?
300
Gave citizenship and equal protection as well as due process of the laws to any born in the U.S. or naturalized
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
The South's ability to govern itself free of federal intervention
What is home rule?
400
Put the South under military rule (5 districts) and imposed much harsher terms for Reconstruction
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
400
Cartoonist from Harpers Weekly who drew many famous cartoons about the freedmen and Reconstruction.
Who is Thomas Nast?
400
Led the Liberal Republican revolt and challenged Grant (with the backing of Dems.) only to lose to election, his paper -- not to mention his mental and physical health
Who is Horace Greeley?
400
Allowed the federal government to supervise elections and send in troops to put down Klan activity
What are the enforcement acts?
400
The election that brought Reconstruction to an end with its resulting compromise over the disputed election results.