Reconstruction Era 1
Who was the President during Reconstruction ?
Abraham Lincoln
Who became the president after Lincoln's Assassination ?
Andrew Johnson
What was the 13th amendment ?
The 13th amendment was a law that abolished slavery in the U.S.
A separation by race or religion ?
Segregation
A majority of a state needed to agree to what ?
rejoin the union
What was the 14th amendment ?
The 14th amendment was a law that was passed , it gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S including African Americans.
Who else was a president during the Reconstruction Era. ( Hint he was also a General in the Civil War )
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the Freedman's Bureau ?
An organization that helped newly freed slaves with food , jobs , medical care & education
This president was impeached by congress
Andrew Johnson
This law was passed that limited presidential power ?
The Tenure of Office Act
What was the 15th amendment ?
The 15th amendment was a law that let all male citizens vote regardless of race , or color.
The name Southerners called Northerners that moved to the South ?
carpetbaggers
What are Scalawags ?
White Southerners that supported Republicans
President Lincoln was assassinated by this man
John Wilkes Booth
Which terror group formed to resist the Reconstruction?
Who is the Ku Klux Klan
What was the ( Klu Klux Klan ) and why were they feared so much ?
The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) was a hateful made up of ex-confederate soldiers and they were able to force blacks out of political power.
What was Congress trying to achieve through the Reconstruction?
create equality for all races and provide opportunities for former slaves
Sharecropping
A form of physical labor in which free'd blacks pick cotton for a very small amount of money
This man was president at the end of Reconstruction ( hint he was also a general in the Civil War. )
Rutherford. B. Hayes
The first African American to be elected as senator
Hiram Revels
What were the Black Codes ?
Laws that were passed to restrict the rights and freedom of African Americans.
What were the Jim Crow Laws ?
Laws that enforced segregation and discrimination against african americans in the U.S.
What was the compromise of 1877 ?
A deal/agreement that was made. It resolved the issue between the Democrats and the Republicans about the presidential election. It resulted in the end of reconstruction.
This president vetoed the Civil Rights Act because he was against it ?
President Andrew Johnson
What are the years of the Reconstruction era
1865-1877