Presidents
Who was elected President in 1877 and formally ended Reconstruction?
Rutherford Hayes
Gave Southern citizens presidential pardon, the right to vote, and congressional representation
10% Plan
The amendment that abolished slavery in 1865
13th Amendment
What state laws intended to force Southern African Americans to keep working under slave-like conditions?
Black codes
Northerners who migrated to the south looking for financial and political success
Carpetbaggers
Who was elected President in 1869 during an era of change, growth, and corruption?
Ulysses S. Grant
A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
The Gettysburg Address
The amendment that stated that all US born people are citizens regardless of race or previous slave status
14th Amendment
What types of strategies did they use to prevent certain groups from voting?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
This Supreme Court Case stated that institutions could be segregated on the basis they were separate and equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Succeeded Lincoln after his assassination
Andrew Johnson
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation
This Amendment protects the right to vote regardless of race or previous slave status
15th Amendment
What is the terrorist organization that used fear, rituals, and violence to terrorize African Americans?
Ku Klux Klan
White Southerners who supported Lincoln, Johnson, and the Republican Party
Scalawags
Radical Republicans moved to impeach this President
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln’s Vice President from 1861-1865
Hannibal Hamlin
Category 3
The Amendment that gave us Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition
1st Amendment
Ku Klux Klan was led by this person who opposed Reconstruction
Nathan B. Forrest
This group was NOT a strong supporter of Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction policies
Radical Republicans