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notable African American leader during this time period
Frederick Douglass
This amendment abolished Slavery in the US.
What is the 13th amendment?
Belief by many southerners why the war started
States rights
This government agency was created to assist former slaves with their new lives in America. They helped with education, jobs, medical treatment, legal assistance, etc.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
Capital of the Union
Washington DC
Extreme members of Congress who wanted a more severe punishment for southerners
Radical Republicans
Leader of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
This era was a time in which the United States needed to be reunited after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction?
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President after Johnson
Grant
Defending homeland, king cotton, generals
South advantages
President during Reconstruction was impeached but not removed from office
Who is Andrew Johnson?
North advantages
Capital of the Confederacy
Richmond VA
This Amendment granted citizenship to all men and women born or naturalized in the US.
What is a the 14th Amendment?
Three of the five border states
Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri
Military reconstruction divided the south into how many parts?
5
Johnson's plan included former confederate leaders
individually asking for pardons
Hayes becomes president and the troops leave the south
Compromise of 1877
This Amendment gave all men the right to vote.
What is 15th Amendment?
The General who is famous for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William T. Sherman?
This was the name for Southerners that assisted the North during Reconstruction.
What are Scalawags?
The name for Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction.
What are Carpet Baggers?