Reconstruction Basics
What year did Reconstruction officially begin?
1865
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination?
Andrew Jackson
What system replaced slavery but often kept African Americans in debt?
Sharecropping
What year was Lincoln assassinated?
1865
What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era?
To reunite the country after the Civil War
Which amendment granted citizenship to African Americans?
14th Amendment
What did the S. mean in Ulysses S. Grant?
Nothing
Who was the KKK?
The Ku Klux Klan was a group that used violent methods to prevent black people from exercising their civil rights.
What is the name of Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Who voted to impeach Andrew Johnson?
House of Representatives
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
What was Oliver O. Howard's nickname and why?
"Christian General" for his godly testimony
What was the name of the railroad that crossed the entire United States?
The Transcontinental Railroad
What year was gold discovered in California?
1848
Which organization was created to help freed slaves and poor Southerners?
Freedmen's Bureau
What were Black Codes?
Laws in the South that limited the rights of African Americans
What was the name of the Chief of the Nez Perces tribe?
Chief Joseph
What was the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests during Reconstruction?
To prevent African Americans from voting
What were 3 of the 5 civilized Indian tribes?
Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole Indians
By 1876, which three states still had Republican governments?
South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana
Who passed the Jim Crow Laws?
Democrats
Who was president during most of Reconstruction?
Ulysses S. Grant
Segregation in public schools stopped during Reconstruction - true or false?
True
Where are the 7 states the miners found gold?
Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota