Making a Plan
Created schools for former slaves
What is the Freedmans Bureau
Andrew Johnson was impeached for ignoring this law passed by Congress
What is the Tenure of Office Act
Period of American history that officially ended after the Compromise of 1877
What is Reconstruction
With this plan, three tasks needed to be completed before states could restore their statehood--10% voters swore an oath of loyalty to the union, ratify the 13th amendment, repudiate secession
What is the 10% plan or Presidential Reconstruction
The official name of the Freedman's Bureau
What is the Bureau of Refugees, Freemen, and Abandoned Lands
Congress failed to remove Johnson from office by how many votes?
What is One
Won the election of 1876
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
Adopted a similar plan as Lincoln- more lenient on the South
What is Johnson's Plan
Although males were guaranteed the right to vote with this amendment, poll taxes, the grandfather clause and literacy tests kept many from voting.
What is the 15th amendment
In addition to supporting former slaves, the Bureau also helped the vast numbers of homeless people of this race
What is white
Rather than remove President Johnson from office, this group waited out his term
Radical Republicans
This Compromise ended military rule in the south
What is the Compromise of 1877
Amendment that guaranteed equal protection for all citizens.
What is the 14th amendement
The newly freed slaves had few options other than ______________- where they often ended up working for former slaveholders in conditions very similar to slavery
What is sharecropping
Divided the South into Five Different Military districts
What is the First Reconstruction Act or the Military Reconstruction Act
Although slavery was abolished, this group helped keep black people enslaved using terror tactics
Who is the Ku Klux Klan
This group had a veto-proof majority in Congress and wanted to punish the South for the Civil War
Radical Republicans
laws that restricted the rights of African American Citizens
What is Black Codes or Jim Crow Laws
He was the leader of the Radical Republicans
Enacted in many southern states after the Civil war- denied rights of blacks to marry, own property, etc
What are the Black Codes