Category 1
Congress passed these, which are laws that limited African Americans freedom
Black Codes
Under Black Codes, former slaves were prevented from owning these
Firearms.
The Fifteenth Amendment gave African American males the right to vote in 1870. Who were not included, which made them angry.
Women
Why did President Johnson veto the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
Thought it gave too much power to the federal government
This group of politicians wanted the federal government to force change on the South
Radical Republicans
This group supported the Fourteenth Amendment, and this group against the Fourteenth Amendment.
Democrats were against the Fourteenth Amendment. Republicans were for the Fourteenth Amendment
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted this group the same legal rights as white Americans.
African Americans
What group of Republicans wanted the South to have loyal state governments?
Moderate Republicans
The two leaders of the Radical Republicans were _______ _______ of PA, and _________ _______ of MA
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumter
This person became president after Johnson did not run for re-election in 1868.
Ulysses S Grant
Democrats nominated ________ _________, the governor of New York.
Horatio Gates
Which group of people were happy about the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
Abolitionists
This bill was passed by Republicans in Congress, which allowed military courts to put on trial people who violated African American rights.
Freedmen's Bureau Bill
In the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, the South was divided into ______ military districts.
5
Under Black Codes, African Americans signed these, and could be arrested, jailed, or work without pay for a period of time
Contracts
What was Congress's response to Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
Overrode his veto
This Amendment stated that all people born or naturalized writing the U.S., except Native Americans, are citizens.
The Fourteenth Amendment
President Johnson was the first president to be impeached. What does the word impeach mean?
A process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official.
Under the Fourteenth Amendment, this group was banned from holding federal or state office.
Confederate officials
Why was the Fifteenth Amendment proposed by Republicans?
Republicans feared Southern states would try to keep African Americans from voting