Reconstruction Facts
Reconstruction Started in this year
1865
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_________ is the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing. A trial may be held, and the official may be removed from office.
Impeachment
Gave all male citizens the right to vote
15th
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Famously signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law
Abraham Lincoln
Workers received 0 pay no matter what
Slavery
Reconstruction was primarily focused on this region of the country
The South
The time after the end of the Civil War when America tried to rebuild and unite.
Reconstruction
Gave former slaves citizenship
14th
Was Lincoln's VP
Andrew Johnson
He was the Secretary of State that was also attack on the day of Lincoln's assassination.
William Seward
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson allowed former _________ to take back control of Southern governments who made laws to discriminate against freed slaves.
Confederates
Outlawed Slavery
13th
Daily Double
Served under Lincoln as a Civil War General
Grant
It was illegal to teach slaves how to ________.
read and write
How many people were freed before Reconstruction?
Around 4 million people
This is a tax paid before someone can vote.
Poll tax
Defined citizenship and assured all citizens would receive "Due Process" including African Americans
14th
Was shot in Ford's Theater about a week after the Civil War ended
Lincoln
This law ended poll taxes and literacy test, allowing black people to vote freely without restriction.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The south's first attempt at passing discriminatory laws that were supported by President Johnson were called what?
Black Codes
This stated that if your ancestors voted before 1866 you did not have to take a literacy test and could vote.
Grandfather clause
Was circumvented by poll taxes and literacy tests.
15th
Came up with the 10% Plan for Reconstruction
Lincoln
Who are the 4 presidents to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump (x2)