Key Plans/Proposals
What was Lincoln's plan that required 10% of voters to take an oath of loyalty?
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
What were the laws called that restricted the rights of African Americans after the Civil War?
What are Black Codes?
What was a common economic situation for many African Americans after Reconstruction?
What is sharecropping?
Who was impeached for opposing Congress during Reconstruction?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Who was the President during most of the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Who were the members of Congress that wanted a stricter approach to Reconstruction?
What are the Radical Republicans?
What act aimed to protect the rights of African Americans in 1866?
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
What describes the successes of Reconstruction?
What are gains in civil rights for African Americans?
What act did Johnson violate by firing Edwin Stanton?
What is the Office of Tenure Act?
Who became President after Lincoln's assassination?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Which bill required a majority of white males to pledge loyalty before a state could form a government?
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
What amendment granted citizenship to African Americans?
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
What were the long-term effects of Reconstruction on African Americans?
What is the persistence of systemic racism?
What event marked the end of Reconstruction?
What is the withdrawal of federal troops from the South?
What group in Congress advocated for stronger measures for African American rights?
Who are the Radical Republicans?
What organization was established to help African Americans transition from slavery?
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
What did the Reconstruction Acts require Southern states to do?
What is to create new governments and allow African American men to vote?
What did many Southern Democrats do to reverse Reconstruction gains?
What is the resurgence of Southern Democrats?
What group sought to regain control of Southern politics after Reconstruction?
What are the Redeemers?
Who was the President after Andrew Johnson's presidency?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
What amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
What amendment ensured voting rights for African American men?
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
Why is Reconstruction considered a pivotal time in American history?
What is its lasting impact on civil rights and the political landscape?
What type of laws enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction?
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Who pocket-vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?