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The first President during Reconstruction

Lincoln

100
Amendment that freed all slaves

13th Amendment

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Pardoned all Confederate soldiers who took a loyalty oath.

Lincoln's Amnesty

100

Speech that said "with malice towards none with charity for all"

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

100

This building was very important in African American society, hosting picnics, dances, and managing affairs.

the Church

200

The President after Lincoln who pardoned many Confederate leaders

Andrew Johnson

200

Limits placed on African Americans to cancel out the 13th Amendment

Black Codes

200

Said that 10% of Southern voters in a Southern state had to take a loyalty oath and that states had to ban slavery.

Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan

200

Congress wanted to make sure that Johnson wouldn't stop them so they passed the Tenure of Office Act which did what?

Said that Johnson couldn't fire anyone approved by Congress

200

African Americans elected to governments in the South used to be

Artisans, priests, Union officers, and teachers.

300
One of the famous leaders of the Radical Republicans from Pennsylvania

Thaddeus Stevens

300
Ratified by the United States to cancel out the Black Codes. Gave former slaves citizenship.

14th Amendment

300
Said that rich people who owned big plantations could not be pardoned.

Johnson's Plan

300
To make sure that Johnson couldn't stop Military Reconstruction, Congress passed this act saying that all the President's military orders had to go through General Grant first.

The Command of the Army Act

300

This organization helped African Americans with education, food, and clothing.

The Freedman's Bureau

400

Radical Republicans that said that the majority of Southern voters had to take a loyalty oath.

Wade and Davis

400
One barrier put in place by the South to stop African Americans from voting.

Literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clause.

400

Divided the South into 5 military districts with Generals in charge.

Congress's Plan or Military Reconstruction

400

For violating the Tenure of Office Act by firing a Cabinet member, Johnson was

Impeached
400

These were Northerners who went to the South to go into government or take economic opportunities.

Carpetbaggers

500

Radical Republican from Massachusetts who was upset with Andrew Johnson for ignoring his letter to pause the Johnson plan.

Charles Sumner

500

Canceled out the barriers to voting that the South put on African Americans. Gave all men the OFFICIAL right to vote no matter what race they are.

15th Amendment

500

Said that the majority of Southern voters in Southern states had to take a loyalty oath and that the states had to ban slavery and give African Americans citizenship.

Wade-Davis Bill

500

Because Johnson was so unpopular, this man became the next President

Ulysses S. Grant
500

The names of Southerners who supported Republican/Northerners

Scalawags