laws and rights
Abolished slaves
What was Lincoln's main goal for reconstruction?
To restore the Union.
What was happening to the southern Generals during Reconstruction?
These Confederate leaders where losing their power in the South.
What was a literacy test?
A test is given to someone to see if they can read and write.
who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes booth
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Individuals born in the united states are citizens and can't have any rights taken away.
What was President Johnsons biggest threat during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans.
What was the 10% plan?
Lincoln's plan said that Southern states to form a new government after 10% of voters gave their loyalty to the state.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
A white terrorist group trying to gain white power back.
What was the bloodiest battle of the civil war?
The Battle of gettysburg.
what is a poll tax?
a tax paid before voting.
who were scalawags?
Abraham Lincolns Plan.
To put military rule over the southern states, 10% plan as well.
what were the Black Codes?
Laws that took most rights away from formerly enslaved people.
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
A formerly enslaved Writer.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave the right to vote to all men
what were carpetbaggers?
A name that was given to Northern white people who went to the south to start a business
President Johnsons Plan?
Provided amnesty for former Confederates and states had to ratify the 13th amendment.
what was the Freedmen's Bureau
A Government agency founded in reconstruction that helped formerly enslaved people.
Who started the ku klux klan?
Nathan Bedford Forrest.
What were the Jim Crow laws?
Laws passed by southern states required there to be segregation.
What is Amnesty
A pardon, or forgiveness,for a group of people.
What is impeachment?
to bring formal charges against a public official.
Who were the Freedmen?
Enslaved people who were freed by the war.
who is the most well-known Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant