People
He was assassinated shortly after becoming President
Abraham Lincoln
Laws that discriminated against African Americans throughout the South after the Civil War were nicknames these
Black Codes
During Reconstruction, many exodusters left the South and ended up moving to this state, which borders 4 others (Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, & Oklahoma)
Kansas
To put an end to something (slavery)
Abolish
“Slaves have been treated poorly with no rights for centuries. Freed peoples new found freedoms and rights must be protected, just like they are for all other American citizens under the U.S. Constitution!”
Former Slave
African-Americans who moved out of the South to escape discrimination and threats of violence during the 1870s were given this nickname
Exodusters
Primarily because of the bags they used to pack their belongings in, these Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War had ended were nicknamed this
Carpetbaggers
In Southern States where these laws existed, African American convicts could be forced to work for free
Convict Lease Laws
President Andrew Johnson was from this state, which was a slave state and seceded from the Union
Tennessee
A temporary government agency that helped newly freed people
Freedmen's Bureau
“We must ensure that those who sacrificed during the Civil War are honored by never allowing secession to occur, or even threaten the Union again!”
A former Union soldier
Those who made a living by making a deal with a landowner to farm a portion, or all of their land, was known as this
Sharecropper
This President opposed the Freedmen's Bureau stating it interfered with states rights
Andrew Johnson
A law put into place to segregate people
Jim Crow Laws
The Northern States were a part of this army
Union
Someone who opposed slavery and actively fought to work for free
Abolitionist
“Our territory, homes, places of worship, places of employment, and many of our cities, all lay in ruins. We should at least be afforded the opportunity to rebuild it all for ourselves without someone in the North trying to telling us how to do it!”
A former Confederate soldier
The poll tax and only allowing people who had an education to vote are examples of these types of laws, which circumvented the 15th Amendment
Disenfranchisement Laws
From Tennessee, he opposed secession from the Union and was a strong supporter of states rights and slavery – which would make him an ineffective and divisive president when he stepped into the role after the assassination of President Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
If an African American did not have a permanent residence or were unemployed, they were in danger of being arrested because of this law
Vagrancy Laws
The Southern states were part of this army
Confederate
When people are separated and grouped into classes according to their race.
Segregation
“I’m glad that the Civil War is finally over, that slavery has been completely abolished, and that the Union will be reunited once again. I’m worried that all the newly freed people will probably be willing to work for far lower wages than what I already make, and I may lose my job!”
A factory worker in the North
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognized African-Americans as U.S. citizens by clearly defining who was, and who wasn’t a U.S. citizen
14th Amendment
This faction of Congress fought to abolish slavery prior to the Civil War and led efforts after the Civil War to grant freed people equal rights, freedoms, and protections.
Radical Republicans
A tax that voters needed to pay to vote
Poll Tax
During the Civil War, the states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia, supported slavery and all of them remained in the Union – These five states are known as the _____ states
Border
“With slavery now abolished, I have no idea how my family and I will be able to afford this plantation which has been our family’s only source of income for generations now!”
A plantation owner in the South
“With slavery now abolished, I have no idea how my family and I will be able to afford this plantation which has been our family’s only source of income for generations now!”
A plantation owner in the South
After Reconstruction had ended, laws passed in Southern states which intentionally segregated people were nicknamed these types of laws
Jim Crow Laws