Amendments
Plans
African American Progress and Challenges
Election of 1876
Pot Pourri
100

This amendment abolished slavery in the United States

The 13th Amendment

100

This President put together a plan for Reconstruction that required 10 percent of a state's male population to swear an oath of loyalty to the Union.

Lincoln

100

There was a significant increase in this among African Americans after the passing of the 15th amendment.

Voting

100

The election of 1876 is most known for ending the radical period of this

Reconstruction

100

In a classic video game this green-clad hero is famous for rescuing Princess Zelda, even though many people mistakenly think his name is Zelda.

Link

200

This amendment guarantees citizenship to all people born in the United States and protects citizens from discrimination an arbitrary government action. 

The 14th amendment

200

This President put together a plan for Reconstruction that gave amnesty to most southerners who swore an oath to the Union.

Johnson

200

Laws in the South that enforced racial segregation.

Jim Crow Laws

200

This amount of states submitted two different electoral results in the election of 1876.

4

200

In 2007, this NFL team completed the first 16-0 regular season in league history, though the failed to win the Super Bowl that year.

The New England Patriots

300

This amendment prohibits the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 

The 15th amendment

300

The plan that was put into place by this group for Reconstruction divided the south into 5 military districts.

The Radical Republicans

300

Vigilante group that used violence to enforce laws but did not have any legal authority to do so. Terrorized African Americans and Republicans in the South. 

The Ku Klux Klan

300

He won the election of 1876

Rutherford B. Hayes

300

Before becoming a hit animated film franchise, this 2010 movie by Dreamworks Animation was loosely based on a 2003 children's book by Cressida Cowell.

How to Train Your Dragon

400

This was the first of the former confederate states to ratify the 14th amendment.

Tennessee

400

This district was made up of Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

The 3rd District

400

After Reconstruction African Americans would have to wait until the Civil Rights Movement in this decade to achieve their full civil rights.

1960's

400

He lost the election of 1876.

Samuel Tilden

400

Founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in a garage in 1976, this company is known for many types of consumer electronics.

Apple

500

The 15th amendment was circumvented by some southern states with the use of this tax.

The Poll tax

500

President Johnson believed that these people should be the ones who manage the south.

White Men

500

He was the first black United States Senator sworn into office in 1870.

Hiram Revels

500

The election of 1876 was decided by one of these.

A commission

500

Released in 1982 this landmark album became the best-selling album of all-time.

Thriller