This amendment passed in 1869 gave the right to vote to Blacks.
What is the 15th Amendment?
100
This plan developed by Abraham Lincoln was very forgiving to the South and only required 10% of the state's voters to be readmitted to the Union.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
100
Before he became president, Andrew Johnson was the vice president to this U.S. president
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This man led the radicals in the Senate after being caned by Preston Brooks prior to the war.
Who is Charles Sumner?
100
This organization managed to teach 200,000 Blacks how to read.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
200
This act divided the South into five military zones, temporarily disfranchised tens of thousands of former Confederates, and laid down new guidelines for the readmission of states.
What is the Reconstruction Act of March 2, 1867?
200
The Radical Republicans passed this bill that was very harsh on the South and required 50% of a state's voters to take an oath of allegiance with the Union.
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
200
Johnson wanted to lower the number of Republicans in Congress, so he began giving these speeches. Unfortunately for him, they ended up adding more Republicans to Congress
What are 'Round the Circle speeches?
200
This man from Pennsylvania led the radicals in the House of Representatives.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
200
This organization, founded in Tennessee, sought to keep Blacks from not voting or seeking jobs through methods of terror.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
300
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that military tribunals could not try civilians if there were civil courts available.
What is the Ex parte Milligan case?
300
The Ten Percent Plan was shelved after this man assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
300
Johnson vetoed this bill, which gave black citizens American citizenship and struck at the Black Codes
What is the Civil Rights Bill?
300
This Secretary of State bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars. Though initially criticized as a mistake, it later proved to be a valuable purchase.
Who is William H. Seward?
300
This organization provided the vehicle for Blacks to become more prominent in politics. It campaigned for Republican candidates and educated its members on their civic duties. Later they began to build churches and schools for Blacks.
What is the Union League?
400
This amendment made all Blacks citizens
What is the 14th Amendment?
400
This man became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
Johnson was impeached after he dismissed this Secretary of War from office without the consent of the Senate
Who is Edwin M. Stanton?
400
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony campaigned against the 14th and 15th amendments for inserting this word into the Constitution.
What is "male"?
400
Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce were two black congressmen representing this state.
What is Mississippi?
500
Reconstruction ended this year
What is 1877?
500
The debate between the Ten Percent Plan and the Wade-Davis Bill revealed two factions within the Republicans, the Radicals and these
What are the Moderates?
500
Congress passed this act to ensure that an informant for the radicals kept his place in office.
What is the Tenure Office Act?
500
These Northerners were accused of moving into the South after the Civil War to prey on the vulnerable land for their own profit.
What are Carpetbaggers?
500
The Freedman's Bureau was founded by this Union General in March 3, 1865