Build up the Union
Which president became president after the death of Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
This dangerous group of white Southerners killed and lynched Republicans and former slaves for Democratic support.
KKK, or Ku Klux Klan
Ulysses S. Grant
This amendment was introduced to give born Americans and African Americans equal citizen rights.
Fourteenth Amendment
The president's ability to reject laws created by the government and Congress.
veto
These laws were passed by Southern states to limit the rights and freedoms of former slaves.
black codes
Education for freed African Americans was provided by...
Freedmen's schools
Because of these types of votes, the Republicans gained strong support and Ulysses S. Grant was able to become president.
electoral votes
This amendment was introduced to give African Americans the right to vote.
Fifteenth Amendment
Large farms that raised cash crops.
plantations
This federal organization helped former slaves recover and find normal lives after the war.
Freedmen's Bureau
Two types of farming the former slaves could have done to earn a living were...
sharecropping and contract farming
Voting rights were given to African Americans, but who did not get voting rights?
women and other minorities
The financial panic in which banks closed and the stock market crashed.
Panic of 1873
A place where shares of ownership in companies are bought and sold.
stock market
Which group in Congress promoted the concept of civil rights so that all men would be created equal?
Radical Republicans
What animal did Sherman suggest giving to former slaves in addition to acres of land?
donkeys
The Republican Party ultimately failed the Reconstruction because of these two things...
political scandals and financial depression of banks/jobs/economy
This was introduced in 1866 to give equal opportunities and privilages to all people who are American citizens.
Civil Rights Act
A formal aliteration or addition to the U.S. Constitution.
amendment
Between what years was the period of Reconstruction?
1865-1877
These two gentlemen wanted to give land to the former slaves and introduce land reform, but they were denied.
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
This man took over as President when the Reconstruction failed, and compromises had to be made between Republicans and Democrats for him to get into office.
Rutherford B. Hayes
An agreement made between Republic and Democratic parties to settle terms each side must abide by after the election.
Compromise of 1877
This court case made it so African Americans could not have the right to vote in many Southern states, and those states could make laws to make voting impossible for African Americans.
U.S. Versus Reese