Reconstruction
The time period from the end of the Civil War to 1877 is called what?
Reconstruction
Who was the President at the beginning of reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
What do they call the political group that believed black Americans whot not only be freed from slavery, but also be given the full rights of citizenship?
Radial Republicans
What are the (3) ammendments that were passed during the period of Reconstruction?
13, 14 and 15th
What kind of a community did Souther factory workers sometimes live?
What do you call a person who as been freed from slavery?
Freedman
What was Lincoln's plan called that would restore confederates States to the Union if a percent of voters who were registered took an oath?
Ten Percent Plan
What were rules made by states that placed black people in an interior position to white people and were in some wasy another kind of slavery?
Black codes
Which ammendment made all American citizens of both the United States and the states were they reside?
14th
What is the name of the group founded by Confederate veterans in Tenessee whos name comes from a greek word with the goal of defeating Radical Republicans though intimidatiion, violence and murder.
Ku Klux Klan
Life after the war was not much different from life before the war in which area?
The north
Who assumed the presidency after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Who was the first lady that set new standards of modesty and diginity in the white house, insisted no alcoholic beverages be served at the White House, and was the hostess of the first White House Easter Egg roll?
Lemonade Lucy Hayes, wife of President Rutherford Hayes.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
Did the legislation of the 1800s to bring civil rights bring real change for black people?
No--because of resistance and lack of enforcement
What are the (3) phases of reconstruction?
Phase 1 - Presidential
Phase 2 - Congressional
Phase 3 - Bourbon (Redeemers)
What kind of relationship did Andrew Johnson have with congress?
He was adversarial and uncompromising
Which amendment kept states from denying the vote to an citizen based on "account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
15th
Because the plantation system was destroyed in the war, what was the new economic system that met the needs of the agricultural south?
sharecropping
List (3) of the (5) areas that South needed reconstructing?
Property - cities runied, lifestock destroy, home/business/railroad demolished
Economy - money worthless, banks bankrupt
Integrating free slaves
Reestablishing government
Who would control methods for solving problems of reconstruction
What is the term that was part of Johnson's plan to offer pardon to Southerner confederates who owned less than $20,000 in property?
Amnesty
Which amendemnt did President Andrew Johnson urge states to vote against by campaigning and speaking against the Radial Republicans who proposed it?
14th Amendment