Legislation
Amendment abolishing slavery
What is the Thirteenth Amendment
Person who travelled from the north down south to capitalize on poor southern economy
What is a carpetbagger?
Radical Republican Massachusetts Senator
Who is Charles Sumner?
Century Reconstruction occurred in
What is the nineteenth century?
Group who participated in widespread violence against African Americans and other minority groups
Who are the Ku Klux Klan?
Plan for reconstruction in the south vetoed by President Lincoln
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
Popular term for African American; then appropriate, now not used
What is colored?
Pennsylvania Republican who advocated for military rule during reconstruction
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
Year the Reconstruction Act was enacted
What is 1867?
Three Presidents in office during Reconstruction
Who are Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant
Division of the south into five military districts
White southern Republican
What is a scalawag?
Ohio Republican who endorsed causes such as women's suffrage and civil rights for African Americans
Who is Benjamin Wade?
Year the Thirteenth Amendment was passed
What is 1865?
Group of state-level laws from the nineteenth and twentieth century enacting discriminatory practices towards African Americans
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
Congressional permission needed for President to remove high ranking official from office
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
Person who was born and lives in the North; shares name with Major League Baseball Team
What is a Yankee?
First African American to serve in the Senate
Who is Hiram R. Revels?
Year the Fourteenth Amendment was passed
What is 1868?
Hayes' opponent in the 1876 Presidential Election
Who is Samuel J. Tilden?
1870-1871 Acts that further protected the rights of African Americans to vote and hold office
What are the Enforcement Acts?
Paper currency circulating in the north
What are greenbacks?
Author of the Civil Rights Act
Who is Lyman Trumbull?
Year in which was Andrew Johnson impeached
What is 1868?
Most fun, entertaining, funny, dedicated, silly, best person in the Tourtellotte Memorial High School class of 2023
Who is Evan Antonson?