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This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
Who were the two leading Radical Republicans in Congress?
Thaddeus Stephens and Charles Sumner
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
These laws restricted the rights of freed African Americans in the South after the Civil War
Black Codes
What is the right to vote known as?
Suffrage
This Amendment granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people
14th Amendment
What Union general was known as the "Christian general"?
Oliver O. Howard
This secret society used violence to intimidate African Americans and keep them from voting
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What form of labor replaced slavery as the South's main labor system?
Sharecropping/tenant farming
The period after the Civil War when the United States worked to rebuild the South, reunite the nations, and extend rights to formerly enslaved people
Reconstruction
10 percent
Who was the Secretary of War dismissed by Johnson?
Edwin Stanton
What government agency helped freed slaves with food, education, and jobs?
Freedman's Bureau
This Bill required a majority of white males to swear loyalty to rejoin the Union
The Wade-Davis Bill
Term meaning to formally accuse a government official of wrongdoing or misconduct while in office
Impeachment
Congress passed this law in 1867, dividing the South into five military districts
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and Republican policies were called this
scalawags
Northerns who moved South during Reconstruction were often called his nickname
Carpetbaggers
Congress tried to limit Johnson's power by passing this act, which led to his impeachment
Tenure of Office Act
This system allowed freedmen and poor whites to farm land they didn’t own in exchange for a share of the crops, often keeping them in debt.
Sharecropping