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Presidents during Reconstruction
Civil War Amendments
Radical Republicans
Abraham Lincoln
Reconstruction
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The 16th president of the United States, he was recently the subject of a critically acclaimed movie directed by Steven Spielburg.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
These 3 amendments were passed following the Civil War during the era known as "Reconstruction".
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
100
Leader of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party and a fierce opponent of slavery. He was one of the most influential members in the history of Congress.
Who was Thaddeus Stevens?
100
This man cried out "Sic, Semper, Tyrannus" just before pulling the trigger.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
100
These farmers rented land and had to pay a share of each year's crops as rent.
What are sharecroppers?
200
This former graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point achieved great success during the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment?
200
This group was formed in response to disputes with Andrew Johnson.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
200
This man served as Lincoln's vice-president during his FIRST term.
Who is Hannibal Hamlin?
200
When attending the polling station, many blacks were asked to take this type of test, gauging their ability to read.
What are literacy tests?
300
This governor from New York was the presidential candidate in the controversial election of 1876.
Who is Samuel Tilden?
300
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
What is the 14th amendment?
300
These three groups supported the Radical Republicans.
Who are the freedmen, scalawags, and carpetbaggers?
300
The title of this plan derives from the percentage Lincoln was setting of Southerners in order to be allowed back into the Union.
What is the 10% plan?
300
These black codes sprouted out amongst southern states in order to limit blacks from voting.
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
400
The first American president to be impeached, he was acquitted in the Senate by one vote.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
What is the 13th amendment?
400
This amendment was authored by the well-known Radical Republican, Thaddeus Stevens.
What is the 14th amendment?
400
On this day, Lincoln attended Ford's theatre to attend "Our American Cousin", but was cut down by an assassin's bullet.
What is April 14, 1865?
400
These two African-Americans were the first ever to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Who are Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels?
500
He oversaw the end of Reconstruction and restored trust in government.
Rutherford B. Hayes
500
This landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme court held that persons of African descent cannot be, nor were ever intended to be, citizens under the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
500
Which actor portrayed Thaddeus Stevens in Steven Spielburg's movie "Lincoln"?
Who is Tommy Lee Jones?
500
This pistol was used by Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
What is a Derringer pistol?
500
This Supreme Court Case held that the "separate but equal" provision of private services mandated by state government is constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?