Legislation
This constitutional amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States
The 13th Amendment
This Radical Republican was a key Senate leader during the Reconstruction era
Charles Sumner
This term referred to former slaves who were freed following the end of the Civil War.
Freedman
The years from 1865 to 1877 are recognized as this historical period.
Reconstruction
Secretary of State William Seward negotiated the purchase of this territory, which critics mockingly called "Frigidia" or "Seward's Folly".
Alaska
Passed during Reconstruction, this amendment granted citizenship to former slaves.Passed during Reconstruction, this amendment granted citizenship to former slaves.
14th Amendment
This prominent Radical Republican led the faction in the House of Representatives.
Thaddeus Stevens
This federal relief agency was created to assist freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the war.
Freedmen's Bureau
In 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to undergo this constitutional process.
Impeachment
During the American Civil War, this European power directly violated the Monroe Doctrine by intervening in Mexico.
France
This amendment prevented states from denying citizens the right to vote based on race.
15th Amendment
This Secretary of War barricaded himself in his office and refused to resign after Andrew Johnson attempted to dismiss him.
Edward Staton
This agricultural system, where land was farmed in exchange for a share of crops, usually left workers in debt year after year.
sharecropping
Radical Republicans gained a two-thirds control in both houses of Congress, giving them the power to do this to presidential vetoes.
Overide Them
He served as Secretary of State under both Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
William Seward
Passed to protect presidential appointees, this act restricted President Johnson's ability to remove cabinet officers without Senate approval.
Tenure of Office Act
He won the controversial presidential election of 1876, which was ultimately settled by a special electoral commission.
Rutherford B Hayes
Northerners who moved south after the war to take advantage of political or economic opportunities were derisively given this name.
What are carpetbaggers
This term describes a general group pardon granted to former Confederates during Reconstruction.
Amnesty
This region earned a unified political nickname because it voted solidly and consistently for the Democratic Party for nearly a century following Reconstruction.
Solid South
These laws were enacted across Southern states immediately after the Civil War to keep freed slaves in subjection and limit their civil rights.
The Black Codes
This former Civil War general won the presidential election of 1868, though his administration was later marked by political corruption scandals.
President Grant
White Southerners who supported Radical Republican politics in the South were given this derogatory label.
Scalawags
his secret terror organization used violence and intimidation to discourage freedmen from voting or holding public office.
The KKK
Congress established military rule across the South by passing this landmark legislation in 1867
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?