Amendments
Abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
Former slaves
What are freedmen
The plan in which the military governor was to reestablish a civilian government as soon as ten percent of those who voted in the 1860 election took an oath of allegiance to the Union
What is the Ten Percent Plan
Name for Congressional Reconstruction by 1867
What is Radical Reconstruction
Candidate chosen by the Republican party to run for president in 1868
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Equal protection to all
What is the 15th Amendment
Restrictive laws placed on African Americans to put them in an inferior position to white people
What are black codes
Under whose plan did large plantation owners, bankers, and merchants have to apply to him personally for a pardon
Who is Johnson
This act divided the South into 5 military districts
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867
Name of the agency whose primary purpose was to assist former slaves
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
Former slaves now citizens
What is the 14th Amendment
A group pardon
What is amnesty
This man secretly negotiated a treaty w/ Russia to purchase Alaska
Who is William Seward
The firing of this man caused many in Congress to believe they had grounds to remove Johnson from office.
Who is Edwin Stanton
The Grant administration was one of the most ____________-___________ of any American president.
What is scandal-ridden
Voting rights for male citizens of all races
What is the 15 Amendment
To bring charges against an elected or appoint official
What is impeachment
Name of the bill is which a state could re-enter the Union only when more than 50% of white male citizens took an oath of allegiance to the Union
What is the Wade-Davis Bill
The Radicals were this short of the 2/3 needed to remove Johnson
What is 1 vote
Grant sympathized with this group of people and took steps to improve the way they were treated
Who was Native Americans
All black people, not just 3/5, were to be counted to determine the state's representation
What is the 14th Amendment
A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
What is a scalawag
Lincoln met resistance from this highly influential minority party
Who are the Radical Republicans
Act that made it illegal for the president to remove any appointee who had been approved by the Senate unless the Senate also approved the dismissal
What is the Tenure of Office Act
The office Johnson held after serving as president
What is a senator of TN