President Johnson's Reconstruction plans did not become law because of his conflicts with ________.
Congress.
100
_________ often paid their rent with cash from the crops they sold.
Tenant farmers
100
The _______ changed the Constitution, giving African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
100
What was Reconstruction?
The rebuilding of the South after the civil war.
100
The goal of ________ was to rebuild the Union quickly.
Lincoln's reconstruction plan.
200
Congress (did what) to President Johnson, but did not force him from office.
impeach
200
Was the North or South mostly destroyed after the war?
The South, because that is where the war was fought.
200
What was did the 13th amendment do?
abolished slavery
200
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
A law passed by Congress to end the Black Codes.
200
Some new ___________, such as steel, developed in the South.
industries.
300
President Grant appointed his friends to government jobs, and they____________.
Caused several scandals because they were corrupt.
300
Who wanted to punish the former Confederate states?
Radical Republicans.
300
What did the 14th amendment do?
Stated that the Bill of Rights covered African Americans as well as whites.
300
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
An agency established to provide help to former slaves.
300
In 1876, the _________ Exhibition celebrated the 100th birthday of the United States.
Centennial
400
Who became president without winning the popular vote?
Rutherford B. Hayes.
400
The Reconstruction acts of 1867 did what?
Put 10 Southern states under military control.
400
What was the purpose of the Black Codes?
The purpose of the Black Codes was to restrict the lives and civil rights of African Americans in the south. They restricted voting, owning certain kinds of land and working certain skilled jobs.
400
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
A secret society that used violence to scare victims.
400
Many women were more __________ independent because they had jobs.
financially
500
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth, who was a confederate supporter.
500
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerns who were elected officials in the South and took advantage of others.
500
What are scalawags?
White Southerners who controlled African American politicians.