Conflicts
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who was US president during most of the US Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What document freed slaves in the Confederacy in 1863 during the Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation
Why was US president Andrew Johnson impeached?
He stubbornly disagreed with Congress
What is a sharecropper?
a tenant farmer pays rent with crops
Who oversaw the 5 Southern military occupancy districts?
a Union general
Which US president ended Reconstruction?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which US Constitution amendment gave Black the rights of citizens?
14th
Which political party did most of the Southern Whites vote for?
Democrats
What insulting term referred to Northerners who tried to exploit Southerners?
carpetbaggers
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
What is Jefferson Davis famous for?
President of the Confederate States of America
What did the Southern states do legally to continue discriminating against Blacks?
pass Black Codes
Who would not let the former Confederate States rejoin the Union under President Johnson’s plan?
US Congress
What was the Ten Percent Plan, and who wanted it?
If 10% Southern citizens pledge loyalty they can be readmitted; President Andrew Johnson
Which Union general led a destructive march through Georgia in 1864?
William T. Sherman
What was Ulysses S. Grant’s presidential service known for?
many scandals
Which US Constitution amendment ended slavery?
13th
Which US congressman led the Radical Republicans on Reconstruction?
Thaddeus Stevens
What insulting term referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction?
scalawags
How did white Southerners gain control of their local governments?
They used violence to stop Blacks from voting
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Hayes became US president and made soldiers leave the South
Which US Constitution amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
15th
What happened when White Southerners refused to participate in Reconstruction?
Black freedmen voted for Republicans
What did the Freedman’s Bureau do?
teach former slaves to read and help them