Potpourri
People and Cases
Changes
Rights
100

Ku Klux Klan

This group wore white robes and hoods and terrorized African Americans and Republicans who tried to get equal rights for ex-slaves.

100

Carpet Baggers

This name was given to white Northerners who came to the South to run for office based on their style of Luggage

100

13 Amendment 

Abolished slavery and created the Freedman's Bureau

100

Segregation

The forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places.

200

Define Reconstruction

The period following the Civil War during which the U.S. Government worked to reunite the nation and rebuild the southern economy.

200

Abolished slavery and created the Freedman's Bureau

13th Amendment

200

14th Amendment

This amendment to the Constitution defined all people born in the United States as Citizens except for Native Americans and guaranteed citizens equal protection under the law and said states could not "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property

200

This group wore white robes and hoods and terrorized African Americans and Republicans who tried to get equal rights for ex-slaves.

Ku Klux Klan

300

This name was given to white Northerners who came to the South to run for office based on their style of Luggage

Carpet baggers

300

U.S. Grant

Became president after Johnson and governed during most of Reconstruction

300

This amendment to the Constitution defined all people born in the United States as Citizens except for Native Americans and guaranteed citizens equal protection under the law and said states could not "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property

14th Amendment

300

The forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places.

Segregation

400

Why was President Andrew Johnson not liked by Radical Republicans?

Many felt Johnson’s plan for reconstruction was a failure and were angry with him.

400

Congress divided the South into how many military districts?

5 districts

400

Who became president after Johnson and governed during most of Reconstruction

Grant

400

Paying a a charge on the right to vote

Poll Tax

500

Which Amendment gave the right to vote to African American males but not to women or Native Americans

15th Amendment

500

Plessy vs Ferguson

This court case involved an African American man who refused to leave the white's only train car. He was arrested and it resulted in the Supreme Court decision of "separate but equal".

500

What did Congress try and do to President Johnson due in part to his resistance to rights for African Americans.

They impeached him

500

Because they wanted southern states to change more than they already had and felt Johnson’s plan for reconstruction was a failure and were angry with him some Republicans were called?

Radicals