People
The 16th president of the United States, was assassinated shortly after the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This Amendment abolished slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
Created by Radical Republicans. Believed Southern states needed to be punished, required states to pass the 14th amendment, and instated military govorners and disctricts in the South.
Congressional Reconstruction
Government Agency created to promote and develop the rights of Freedmen
Freedmen's Bureau
Laws promoting segregating between White and Black people in the South
Jim Crow
17th President of the United States, did not support Reconstruction and attempted to block any congressional plans to give African Americans rights.
Andrew Johnson
This Amendment protected the right to vote on the basis of race.
15th Amendment
Created by President Lincoln. It included preventing formerly Confederate leaders from holding office, included no clear guidelines for voting rights of African Americans, and also required 10% of a state's population to swear loyalty to the Union.
10% Plan
These laws restricted the rights of African Americans immediately after the Civil War
Black Codes
Supreme Court case introduced the idea of "separate but equal"
Plessy V. Ferguson
These were politicians who aimed to repair or “redeem” the South in the eyes of Congress.
Redeemers
This Amendment provided equal protects against the law for all citizens.
14th Amendment
1st part of Reconstruction, allowed former Confederate leaders to hold office in the South, required Southern states to repay their war debts, and did not support punishing Southern states.
Presidential Reconstruction (Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan)
Farming system where a family cultivated land they did not own with materials they did not own, keeping a small part of whatever was grown and paying the rest as rent.
Sharecropping
White, Southern Republicans who supported Reconstruction
Scalawags
18th President of the United States and former General for the Union durng the Civil War. His presidency was clouded by many scandals.
Ulysses S. Grant
This law allowed the federal government to intervene in state affairs, such as Black codes. 300 points for the name, 100 ponts for the year
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Wade Davis Bill
System of farming where farmers chose what crop they would plant and bought their own supplies. Then, they gave a share of the crop to the landower.
Share-tenancy
Radical Republicans
19th President of the United States. Although he won the electoral college, he did not win the popular vote.
Rytherford B. Hayes
This forbade the President from dismissing federal officials without Senate approval.
Office of Tenure Act
Reparations plan by General Sherman, occupied Confederate land would be given to Freedmen.
40 acres and a mule
In this system, the farmer paid cash rent to a landowner and then was free to choose and manage his own crop - and free to choose where he would live.
Tenant Farming
Scandal revealed during Grant's run for presidency involving lies about the true cost of building the transcontinental railroad
Credit Mobilier scandal