Historical Figures/Groups
Who was president during the Reconstruction of the United States in 1863?
What is Abraham Lincoln
What day was President Lincoln assassinated?
April 14, 1865
Which two amendments guarantee the right for women to vote?
14th and 15th amendment
What theater was President Lincoln Assassinated?
Ford's Theater
How was President Lincoln assassinated?
He was shot
Which president opposed the fourteenth amendment?
President Johnson
When was the 13th Amendment passed?
What is January 31, 1865
Which amendment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th amendment
Which states had homestead set aside for freedman by orders of General William T. Sherman?
Georgia and South Carolina
What was the major desire of the freed people?
What is land
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
What is John Wilkes Booth
When did President Abraham Lincoln begin planning for the reunification of the United States?
What is the fall of 1863
Codes that regulated Black behavior and imposed social and economic control
What is Black Codes
Union support was prominent in which states?
Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas
By the end of 1865, what fraction of states had approved the 13th amendment?
3/4
Who was the U.S. congressman that believed in racial equality?
What is Thaddeus Stevens
When did vice president Andrew Johnson become president?
What is April 1865
The first federal attempt to constitutionally define all American-born residents (except Native peoples) as citizens.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Which state elected S. Pinchback as their governor for 34 days making him the only African American governor until 1989?
Louisianna
Vice President Andrew Johnson pardoned all Southerners engaged in the rebellion with the exception of wealthy planters who possessed more than how much in property?
What is $20,000
The National Women's Rights Convention officially merged with the American Anti-Slavery to form what group?
What is the American Equal Rights Association
What year was the AERA founded?
What is 1866
On July 9th 1868, the states ratified the 14th amendment to guarantee the birthright citizenship and what?
equal protection of laws.
What state was Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce chosen as U.S. senators?
Mississippi
What performance was showing when President Lincoln was assassinated?
Our American Cousin