Reconstruction

Presidents During Reconstruction

100

This president created the 10 Percent Plan and focused on healing the country and giving rights to freedmen

Abraham Lincoln

200

He was the 18th president and was a Union general in the Civil War; he wanted to protect the rights of freedmen and helped pass the 15th Amendment

Ulysses S. Grant

300

He was the 19th president, elected as a result of the Compromise of 1877 which said he could take office if he ended Reconstruction in the South

Rutherford B. Hayes

400

The 17th and only Democratic president during Reconstruction, he generally opposed national laws to help the freedmen, saying it should be a job of the states

Andrew Johnson

500

This president is the 1st to be impeached, largely due to his opposition to Radical Republicans; he was not convicted

Andrew Johnson

Reconstruction Amendments

100

Saying to help you remember the what the Reconstruction amendments did

13th-Free

14th-Citizens

15th-Vote

200

This amendment stated that slavery was abolished in the USA

13th Amendment

300

This amendment gave citizenship to all born in the USA (including freedmen) and equal protection of the laws

14th Amendment

400

This amendment gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race or ethnicity

15th Amendment

500

Poll taxes and literacy tests were passed by Southern whites as ways to restrict freedmen's rights guaranteed by this amendment

15th Amendment

Groups and Organizations during Reconstruction

100

This political party found its support mostly from Northerners and Black Americans (including freedmen); they supported Reconstruction and equal rights for Black Americans

Republican Party

200

This group of Southern whites terrorized and often lynched black Americans, opposing Reconstruction

Ku Klux Klan

300

This government organization was started by President Lincoln with the goal of providing freed slaves with paying jobs, food, housing, and medical care; it was disbanded under President Johnson

The Freedmen's Bureau

400

This political party found most of its support among Southern whites and generally opposed efforts to guarantee equal rights for Black Americans

Democratic Party

500

People, often Republicans, who moved South to help with Reconstruction and supported rights for African Americans

Carpetbaggers

Laws

100

This law passed by Congress divided the South into 5 military districts, creating martial law to enforce laws that protected freedmen's rights

Military Reconstruction Act

200

This act, passed in 1872, forgave former Confederates and restored their right to vote; as a result, Democrats regained control of southern state governments

Amnesty Act of 1872

300

After a black man from Louisiana sued to sit where he wanted on a train, this Supreme Court decision in 1896 ruled that segregation did not violate the 14th Amendment as long as facilities were "separate but equal;" 

Plessy v. Ferguson

400

As the Southern Democrats regained power in the South, they passed these laws that required one must be able to read to vote, resulting in the disenfranchisement of most Black Americans

Literacy tests

500

These laws created racial segregation in public spaces, especially common in the South

Jim Crow Laws

Miscellaneous

100

The first Black members of Congress belonged to this political party

Republican Party

200

True or False: Reconstruction started off with few rights for Black Americans and ended with them being treated as equal citizens

False

300

These laws were passed by President Grant to combat terrorism against Black Americans

Enforcement Acts

400

This group in Congress, led by Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, fought the most to ensure equal rights and fair treatment for Black Americans

Radical Republicans

500

True or False: Toward the end of Reconstruction, many Northerners who supported Reconstruction grew discouraged at lack of progress in the South and gave up on Reconstruction

True