African American assistance
College established in Washington D.C
What is Howard University
Laws that enforced segregation
What are Jim Crow Laws
He was the president when Reconstruction began
Who is Abraham Lincoln
people in some southern states had to pay this before they could vote
What is poll tax
Northern Republicans who moved to the south
Who is carpetbaggers
University established in Nashville Tennessee
What is Fisk University
State laws that limited the freedom of African Americans and tried to keep them in a form of slavery
What are Black Codes
He killed Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilks Booth
The forced separation of African Americans and whites
What is segregation
Southern Republicans were called;which means mean fellows
Who is scalawags
farming system in which land owner gave a portion of their crop for former slave labor
What is sharecropping
This stated that all people born in the US were citizens; except American Indians
What is the 14th Amendment
He succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president
Who is Andrew Johnson
When the government steps in to protect the freed slaves
What is Martial law
Taking the law into your own hands
What is vigilante justice
Organization that provided economic relief for African Americans and all southerners
What is The Freedmen's Bureau
Slavery became illegal when this was passed
What is the 13th Amendment
President Johnson was guilty of
What was violating the Tenure of Office Act
Secret society that used violence to deny African American their rights
Who is the Ku Klux Klan
An action that brought President Johnson before the senate. An action that questions the integrity of a leader.
What is impeachment
Provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans
What is the Civil Rights
Allowed all African American man to vote
What is the 15th Amendment
Was the major person against President Johnson during the impeachment trial
Who was Thaddeus Stevens
The person who started the KKK
Nathaniel Bedford Forrest
Congress divided the South into military districts with this
What is The Reconstruction Acts