Reconstruction Era

Amendments

100

Abolished slavery in the United States

The 13th Amendment

200

Granted citizenship to all newly freed slaves and African Americans

The 14th Amendment

300

Couldn't deny the right to vote based off of race, skin color, or if one was previously a slave

The 15th Amendment

400

What loophole was found in the 15th amendment and how was it used?

Denied right based on their literature - gave literature tests to see if on could vote

500

These amendments applied to African Americans, but did not apply to which other minority?

Women (other racists would be accepted as well)

Plans

100

If 10% of men took loyal oaths, Confederate States could be allowed back into the Union and establish new state governments.

Ten Percent Plan

200

He created the Ten Percent Plan.

Abraham Lincoln

300

Required Southern States to uphold the 13th Amendment, sweat their loyalty to the Union, and pay off their war debt.

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

400

Which state was the last listen to Johnson's plan following the Civil War?

Georgia

500

This group of people in Congress highly disagreed with Johnson's Plan

Radical Republicans

Acts & Bills

100

Proposed the Reconstruction of the South - guaranteed "to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government"

The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864

200

Declared all people born in the United States, despite color, race, or if one was a prior slave, as a citizen

The Civil Rights Act of 1866

300

Although the act was approved and is followed, major thing in office occurred when the voting of the act was happening?

Andrew Johnson vetoed the Act, but it was overturn by Congress

400

Who would control Reconstruction under the Wade-Davis Bill?

Congress

500

What made the Civil Rights Act of 1866 so significant?

First law Congress has made that stated all U.S. citizens are equally protected under law.

People

100

16th President of the United States

Abraham Lincoln

200

17th President of the United States

Andrew Johnson

300

Assassinated Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth

400

Creator's of the Wade-Davis Bill

Radical Republicans

500

Creator of the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Lyman Trumbull

Random

100

White Southerners who support Reconstruction policies and efforts post-Civil War

Scalawags

200

Opponents of Reconstruction - Northerners who moved to the South after the war, with efforts to get rich or acquire political power

Carpetbaggers

300

Military Rule - the use of federal troops to support Republican state governments and black rights in the South

Bayonet Rule

400

Split between two groups because of the opinions of African American Men gaining citizenship

Women's suffrage movement split

500

Establish an organized way to enforce the laws of the United States, and making sure Southern States were aligned with the country's values

Military Reconstruction