People
President during the American Civil War
Who was Abe Lincoln?
The actions taken by Andrew Johnson as his solution to Reconstruction
What is Presidential Reconstruction?
This market crash contributed to the global economic crisis referred to in our class as "The Long Depression"
Vienna Market Crash
Who became members of the KKK?
Former slave owners, racist politicians, former confederate soldiers, ect
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Terrorist group whos intent was to spread fear within black American communities through violence
Who was the Klu Klux Klan?
Organization that was created by the War department that was tasked with assisting newly freed slaves into their lives as free people
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
College created with the help of the Freedman's Bureau that is still operational today and serves as one of Americas most prestigious HBCU's
What is Howard University?
How was Sharecropping similar to Slavery?
Its like slavery with extra steps
What was the name of the army for the North during the Civil War?
The Union army
Civil War general who served two terms as President and did little to help with punishing violence against black Americans in the south
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
Racist laws specifically designed to criminalize behavior that would force black Americans back into legal slavery
What were "Black Codes"?
Congress used this constitutional power for the first time in US History in order to pass the Reconstruction Acts of 1867
What is Overriding the Presidents Veto?
What were "Black Codes" designed to do?
Limit the freedoms of Black Americans
Legally return Black Americans to slavery
What was the name of the army of the South during the Civil War?
The Confederate Army or The Confederacy
Abe Lincolns vice president who took over after Lincoln was assassinated
Who was Andrew Johnson?
4 Laws passed to restructure the governments of the south and force them to include black Americans in the democratic process
What was the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
After a presidential election that was too close to call, this back room deal lead to the election of Rutherford B Hayes
What was the Bargain of 1877?
What effect did the Bargain of 1877 have an Black Americans?
The Republican party abandoned Black Americans in exchange for power
Who was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President?
Andrew Johnson
Civil rights leader who convinced Lincoln to make the Civil War about slavery
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
Demonetizing this became one of the factors that lead to the "Long Depression"
What is Silver?
An economic crisis caused by several factors including a crash in the global stock market
What was the "Long Depression"?
What impact did the "Long Depression" have on the global economy?
Beginning of global economics theory
What two jobs has Ulysses S Grant had that we have talked about?
General of the Union army by the end of the Civil War
18th President of the United States from 1869-1877